An alarum to England sounding the most fearefull and terrible example of Gods vengeance, that euer was inflicted in this world vpon mankind for sinne: seruing generally as a warning for all people to eschew sinne, lest they partake of the like vengeance. By Robert Gray, preacher of the Word of God.
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             An alarum to England sounding the most fearefull and terrible example of Gods vengeance, that euer was inflicted in this world vpon mankind for sinne: seruing generally as a warning for all people to eschew sinne, lest they partake of the like vengeance. By Robert Gray, preacher of the Word of God.
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           AN
           ALARVM
           to
           England
           ,
           Sounding
           the
           most
           fearefull
           and
           terrible
           example
           of
           Gods
           vengeance
           ,
           that
           euer
           was
           inflicted
           in
           this
           world
           vpon
           mankind
           for
           sinne
           :
        
         
           Seruing
           generally
           as
           a
           warning
           for
           all
           people
           to
           eschew
           sinne
           ,
           lest
           they
           partake
           of
           the
           like
           vengeance
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Robert
             Gray
          
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           
             Luke
             13.3
             .
          
           
             Except
             ye
             amend
             your
             liues
             ,
             ye
             shall
             all
             likewise
             perish
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           Printed
           by
           
             S.
             S.
          
           for
           
             Iohn
             Budge
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           bee
           sold
           at
           his
           shop
           ,
           at
           the
           great
           South
           dore
           of
           S.
           Paules
           Church
           .
           1609.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             bookplate
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           VVorshipfull
           Sir
           
             William
             Crauen
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Aldermen
           of
           the
           Honorable
           and
           famous
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           health
           ,
           and
           pr●speritie
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           perpetuall
           fauour
           and
           presence
           of
           God
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           RIght
           Worshipfull
           ,
           
           it
           seemeth
           by
           the
           words
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           that
           those
           actions
           do
           chiefly
           continue
           our
           name
           and
           memory
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           are
           performed
           vpon
           
           Christ
           and
           his
           seruice
           :
           and
           that
           it
           is
           an
           iniurious
           and
           malicious
           practise
           ,
           to
           conceale
           and
           smoother
           the
           bounty
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           haue
           beene
           liberall
           in
           contributing
           to
           Christian
           and
           Religious
           exercises
           .
           Forasmuch
           therefore
           as
           you
           haue
           powred
           your
           costly
           oyntment
           vpō
           Christs
           head
           ,
           more
           aboundantly
           than
           many
           other
           of
           your
           place
           and
           order
           ,
           you
           may
           perswade
           your selfe
           ,
           vpon
           the
           ground
           of
           Christs
           owne
           rule
           ,
           which
           is
           infallible
           ,
           that
           you
           haue
           layd
           a
           sure
           foundation
           for
           your
           name
           and
           memory
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           the
           world
           endureth
           :
           and
           you
           haue
           also
           giuen
           iust
           occasion
           to
           those
           that
           haue
           tasted
           your
           large
           benignity
           ,
           to
           giue
           the
           world
           knowledge
           thereof
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           others
           may
           bee
           mooued
           by
           your
           commendable
           example
           ,
           to
           practise
           the
           like
           godly
           actions
           &
           they
           that
           are
           not
           able
           to
           imitate
           you
           
           in
           performance
           ,
           may
           yet
           prayse
           God
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           pray
           vnto
           God
           long
           to
           preserue
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           further
           good
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           gouernment
           wherein
           you
           are
           a
           Magistrate
           .
        
         
           To
           imitate
           you
           in
           performance
           ,
           is
           neither
           the
           will
           nor
           power
           of
           many
           :
           yet
           I
           freely
           professe
           my selfe
           to
           bee
           one
           of
           those
           ,
           which
           both
           praise
           God
           ,
           and
           pray
           vnto
           God
           for
           you
           ,
           being
           obliged
           thereunto
           ,
           by
           receyuing
           some
           porcion
           of
           my
           maintenance
           ,
           from
           your
           large
           contribution
           to
           the
           Lecture
           at
           Saint
           Antholines
           ,
           where
           I
           am
           one
           of
           the
           morning
           Lecturers
           .
           In
           which
           regard
           ,
           I
           haue
           presumed
           to
           present
           to
           your
           Worships
           patronage
           ,
           these
           my
           poore
           labours
           sometimes
           preached
           there
           .
           If
           they
           may
           carry
           acceptation
           from
           you
           ,
           and
           bring
           profit
           to
           any
           soule
           ,
           I
           shall
           be
           
           abundantly
           satisfied
           .
           Howsoeuer
           ,
           I
           commend
           their
           successe
           to
           GOD
           ,
           their
           patronage
           to
           you
           ,
           their
           vse
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           desiring
           euery
           one
           ,
           into
           whose
           hands
           this
           Booke
           shall
           come
           ,
           as
           to
           take
           knowledge
           of
           your
           goodnesse
           ,
           so
           to
           pray
           for
           your
           euerlasting
           happinesse
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Worships
               in
               all
               respectiuenesse
            
             ,
             Robert
             Gray
             ,
          
           
             one
             of
             the
             Morning
             Lectures
             at
             S.
          
           Antholins
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           VVorshipfull
           Master
           Boothby
           ,
           Master
           Iay
           ,
           M.
           Venn
           ,
           M.
           Moody
           ,
           M.
           Dorington
           ,
           M.
           Sprot
           ,
           M.
           Moore
           ,
           M.
           Washborne
           ,
           M.
           White
           ,
           M.
           Smith
           ,
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           S.
           Antholins
           London
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           deuout
           and
           zealous
           hearers
           of
           the
           Morning
           Lectures
           there
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           mercy
           and
           peace
           bee
           multiplied
           with
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           through
           IESVS
           CHRIST
           .
        
         
           SALOMON
           sayth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           time
           for
           all
           things
           .
           The
           wisdome
           of
           man
           therefore
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           know
           his
           time
           ,
           &
           for
           all
           such
           actions
           as
           hee
           vndertakes
           ,
           to
           make
           choyce
           of
           the
           fittest
           ,
           &
           most
           commodious
           time
           ,
           to
           effect
           and
           bring
           them
           to
           passe
           .
           In
           worldly
           things
           which
           are
           most
           agreeable
           to
           our
           nature
           ,
           we
           account
           the
           Morning
           the
           best
           &
           most
           conuenient
           time
           
           of
           all
           the
           day
           besides
           :
           for
           reason
           &
           experience
           do
           teach
           vs
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           morning
           our
           memory
           is
           the
           quickest
           ,
           our
           sences
           the
           readiest
           ,
           our
           natural
           powers
           the
           ablest
           ,
           being
           reuiued
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           &
           hauing
           recouered
           fresh
           strength
           &
           liberty
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           that
           sweet
           sleepe
           ,
           and
           comfortable
           rest
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           were
           reposed
           the
           night
           past
           .
           And
           therfore
           the
           Student
           for
           his
           study
           ,
           the
           traueller
           for
           his
           iourney
           ,
           the
           labourer
           for
           his
           worke
           ,
           and
           euery
           man
           in
           his
           place
           and
           calling
           ,
           for
           such
           proiects
           as
           hee
           hath
           ,
           chuseth
           the
           morning
           ,
           as
           the
           fittest
           time
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           beginne
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           further
           their
           enterprises
           .
        
         
           If
           therefore
           in
           things
           which
           are
           agreeable
           to
           nature
           ,
           wee
           vse
           the
           morning
           ,
           as
           an
           helpe
           to
           further
           
           vs
           in
           our
           actions
           ,
           much
           more
           should
           wee
           make
           choyce
           of
           the
           morning
           ,
           for
           those
           things
           which
           are
           lesse
           agreeable
           to
           nature
           ,
           or
           rather
           contrary
           to
           nature
           ,
           yea
           indeed
           ,
           aboue
           nature
           ,
           of
           which
           kind
           is
           praier
           ,
           &
           hearing
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           for
           nature
           doth
           not
           stirre
           vs
           vp
           to
           prayer
           ,
           neyther
           doth
           nature
           waken
           vs
           early
           in
           the
           morning
           to
           heare
           the
           word
           of
           God.
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           hearing
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           go
           with
           our
           nature
           ,
           as
           against
           the
           streame
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           very
           necessary
           ,
           that
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           comes
           to
           our
           eyes
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           Temple
           ,
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           comes
           to
           our
           eares
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           comes
           to
           our
           minde
           ,
           should
           be
           prayer
           and
           thankesgiuing
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           walke
           with
           Eliah
           ,
           al
           the
           
           day
           after
           ,
           in
           the
           strength
           of
           those
           things
           which
           wee
           haue
           heard
           out
           of
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           and
           so
           wee
           shall
           vse
           our
           callings
           more
           carefully
           &
           conscionably
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           directed
           what
           to
           doe
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           leaue
           vndone
           ,
           and
           whatsoeuer
           we
           doe
           ,
           we
           shall
           do
           all
           things
           the
           better
           to
           Gods
           glory
           ,
           and
           the
           possessing
           of
           our
           owne
           soules
           continually
           in
           peace
           and
           patience
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           ,
           if
           wee
           consider
           the
           practise
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ,
           wee
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           they
           haue
           obserued
           the
           morning
           ,
           as
           the
           fittest
           time
           for
           the
           exercises
           of
           their
           piety
           &
           deuotion
           .
           
           Abraham
           rose
           very
           early
           to
           sacrifice
           his
           sonne
           .
           Dauid
           preuented
           the
           morning
           light
           ,
           &
           cryed
           :
           his
           eyes
           also
           preuented
           the
           night
           watches
           ,
           to
           meditate
           in
           Gods
           word
           .
           Elkanah
           and
           his
           houshold
           
           arose
           vp
           early
           ,
           and
           worshipped
           before
           the
           Lord
           in
           Shiloh
           .
           
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Esay
           in
           the
           person
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             With
             my
             spirit
             within
             me
             will
             I
             seeke
             thee
             in
             the
             morning
             .
             Mary
             Magdalene
          
           came
           to
           visit
           the
           sepulchre
           of
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           very
           early
           ,
           while
           it
           was
           yet
           darke
           .
           And
           as
           this
           hath
           bin
           the
           time
           ,
           which
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           haue
           chiefly
           chosen
           for
           the
           practise
           of
           their
           piety
           &
           deuotion
           :
           so
           wee
           read
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           powred
           his
           blessings
           vpō
           men
           ,
           more
           vsually
           at
           this
           time
           than
           at
           any
           other
           time
           of
           the
           day
           .
           Manna
           ,
           that
           heauenly
           food
           ,
           
           was
           by
           God
           giuen
           to
           the
           children
           of
           Israel
           in
           the
           morning
           .
           When
           the
           three
           kings
           of
           Israel
           ,
           Iudah
           ,
           and
           Edom
           made
           warre
           vpon
           the
           king
           of
           Moab
           ,
           and
           were
           greatly
           distressed
           
           for
           water
           ,
           in
           so
           much
           as
           the
           king
           of
           Israel
           cryed
           out
           for
           feare
           of
           the
           present
           danger
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           when
           the
           meate
           offering
           was
           offered
           ,
           to
           send
           the
           three
           kings
           plenty
           of
           water
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           army
           and
           for
           all
           their
           cattel
           .
           
           The
           holy
           Ghost
           came
           downe
           on
           the
           Apostles
           in
           the
           morning
           :
           for
           it
           was
           the
           third
           houre
           ,
           which
           was
           between
           7.
           and
           8.
           of
           the
           clocke
           :
           so
           that
           it
           may
           be
           truly
           gathered
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           before
           that
           houre
           exercised
           in
           hearing
           the
           word
           of
           God
           &
           prayer
           .
        
         
           Vpon
           which
           grounds
           ,
           you
           that
           are
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           S.
           Antholins
           in
           London
           ,
           &
           you
           y
           t
           are
           the
           hearers
           of
           the
           morning
           Lectures
           there
           ,
           are
           worthily
           to
           be
           cōmended
           :
           the
           one
           ,
           because
           you
           haue
           founded
           a
           Lecture
           in
           that
           place
           ,
           at
           the
           fittest
           
           time
           of
           the
           day
           ,
           which
           ,
           as
           hath
           bin
           prooued
           ,
           is
           the
           morning
           ;
           wherein
           appeares
           your
           godly
           wisdome
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           for
           repayring
           to
           heare
           the
           said
           Lecture
           ;
           wherin
           appeares
           your
           zeale
           and
           deuotion
           .
        
         
           Many
           Cōgregations
           haue
           done
           religiously
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           but
           you
           surmount
           them
           all
           :
           for
           howsoeuer
           the
           word
           is
           to
           be
           preached
           in
           season
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           season
           ,
           (
           and
           no
           time
           or
           season
           is
           vnfit
           for
           the
           hearing
           of
           the
           same
           )
           yet
           they
           are
           to
           bee
           commended
           aboue
           the
           rest
           ,
           which
           make
           choyce
           of
           the
           fittest
           time
           for
           this
           purpose
           .
           There
           bee
           some
           ,
           which
           dare
           deride
           and
           slander
           this
           morning
           exercise
           ;
           but
           this
           ought
           not
           to
           derogate
           from
           the
           worthines
           &
           excellency
           of
           it
           ;
           for
           I
           neuer
           heard
           of
           any
           action
           ,
           were
           it
           neuer
           so
           holy
           and
           vertuous
           ,
           but
           
           it
           alwayes
           had
           aduersaries
           to
           impeach
           it
           .
           And
           this
           is
           a
           sure
           argument
           vnto
           me
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           seruice
           acceptable
           vnto
           God
           ,
           aboue
           other
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           more
           depraued
           &
           slandered
           than
           any
           other
           :
           for
           the
           more
           diuine
           that
           any
           action
           is
           ,
           the
           more
           enuy
           hath
           the
           deuil
           at
           it
           .
           Let
           none
           therfore
           be
           discouraged
           ,
           or
           take
           offēce
           at
           this
           Lecture
           ,
           if
           they
           heare
           it
           any
           way
           euil
           spoken
           of
           :
           but
           let
           this
           be
           my
           exhortation
           both
           to
           you
           that
           mayntayne
           it
           ,
           &
           to
           you
           that
           repayre
           to
           heare
           it
           ▪
           that
           you
           be
           not
           weary
           of
           well
           doing
           :
           for
           so
           is
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           
           that
           by
           continuing
           in
           well
           doing
           ,
           you
           may
           put
           to
           silence
           the
           ignorance
           and
           malice
           of
           foolish
           men
           .
        
         
           
             
               Yours
               in
               the
               Lord
            
             ,
             Robert
             Gray
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           Alarum
           to
           England
           .
        
         
           
             
               Gen.
               19.23
               ,
               24
               ,
               25.
               
            
             
               23.
               
               The
               Sunne
               did
               rise
               vpon
               the
               earth
               ,
               when
               Lot
               entred
               into
               Zoar.
               
            
             
               24.
               
               Then
               the
               Lord
               rayned
               vpon
               Sodom
               and
               Gomorra
               brimstone
               and
               fire
               from
               the
               Lord
               out
               of
               heauen
               ,
            
             
               25.
               
               And
               ouerthrew
               those
               Cities
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               plaine
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Inhabitants
               of
               those
               Cities
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               grew
               vpon
               the
               earth
               .
            
          
        
         
           MAny
           and
           fearefull
           haue
           bene
           the
           iudgements
           ,
           which
           Almighty
           God
           from
           time
           to
           time
           hath
           executed
           vpon
           man
           for
           sinne
           :
           But
           of
           all
           the
           examples
           of
           Gods
           vengeance
           ,
           this
           which
           he
           shewed
           vpon
           Sodom
           
           and
           Gomorrha
           for
           their
           impiety
           is
           most
           horrible
           and
           dreadfull
           :
           for
           whose
           eares
           do
           not
           tingle
           ,
           whose
           flesh
           doth
           not
           tremble
           ,
           whose
           hart
           doth
           not
           melt
           ,
           to
           heare
           of
           such
           a
           sudden
           ,
           strange
           ,
           and
           mercilesse
           fire
           as
           this
           was
           ,
           
           which
           like
           a
           showre
           of
           raine
           fell
           vpon
           these
           cities
           and
           destroyed
           them
           ?
           Wée
           read
           of
           the
           torments
           of
           hell
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           vnspeakeable
           ,
           and
           as
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           cannot
           imagine
           the
           ioyes
           which
           are
           prepared
           for
           the
           godly
           ,
           no
           more
           can
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           imagine
           the
           miseries
           which
           are
           reserued
           in
           hell
           for
           the
           wicked
           and
           vngodly
           .
           Now
           of
           all
           the
           iudgements
           which
           God
           hath
           inflicted
           vpon
           man
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           there
           is
           none
           which
           doth
           more
           resemble
           the
           paines
           of
           hell
           ,
           then
           this
           wherewith
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           were
           ouerthrowne
           .
           Esay
           .
           30.33
           .
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           that
           in
           Tophet
           there
           is
           burning
           fire
           ,
           and
           a
           riuer
           of
           brimstone
           is
           there
           sayd
           to
           kindle
           it
           :
           and
           Reuel
           .
           20.21
           .
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           that
           the
           diuell
           was
           cast
           into
           a
           lake
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ;
           and
           Reuel
           .
           21.8
           .
           all
           the
           wicked
           and
           vngodly
           are
           threatned
           to
           haue
           their
           portion
           in
           the
           lake
           that
           burneth
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           second
           death
           .
           
           So
           that
           the
           torments
           of
           hel
           ,
           and
           the
           iudgement
           wherewith
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           were
           destroyed
           ,
           are
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           .
           As
           therfore
           the
           torments
           of
           hell
           are
           vnspeakable
           ,
           and
           passe
           all
           other
           torments
           :
           so
           this
           vengeance
           which
           the
           Lord
           inflicted
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           ,
           resembling
           hell
           torments
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           grieuous
           and
           fearefull
           vengeance
           ,
           which
           euer
           was
           executed
           vpon
           any
           people
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           &
           for
           this
           cause
           ought
           we
           more
           duly
           and
           seriously
           to
           consider
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           the
           horrour
           and
           dread
           thereof
           might
           strike
           and
           imprint
           a
           feare
           and
           trembling
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           to
           offend
           so
           great
           and
           mighty
           a
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           able
           to
           punish
           and
           destroy
           the
           vngodly
           ,
           euen
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           with
           such
           horrible
           and
           fearefull
           punishments
           .
        
         
           And
           surely
           ,
           if
           euer
           we
           stood
           in
           néed
           of
           precepts
           to
           admonish
           vs
           ,
           of
           counsell
           to
           forewarne
           vs
           ,
           or
           of
           examples
           to
           terrify
           vs
           ,
           we
           now
           stand
           in
           néede
           of
           them
           in
           this
           hard
           and
           flinty-hearted
           age
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           wherein
           neyther
           precepts
           nor
           counsell
           ,
           nor
           examples
           of
           other
           folkes
           harmes
           can
           any
           thing
           preuayle
           with
           vs
           to
           make
           vs
           beware
           :
           what
           things
           soeuer
           were
           written
           before
           ,
           
           were
           all
           written
           for
           our
           learning
           :
           all
           people
           before
           vs
           haue
           bene
           made
           examples
           for
           vs
           ,
           yet
           nothing
           can
           moue
           vs
           or
           make
           vs
           wise
           ,
           but
           wée
           are
           as
           inrespectiue
           of
           Gods
           iudgements
           ,
           and
           as
           carelesse
           of
           his
           displeasure
           ,
           as
           though
           we
           had
           neuer
           read
           or
           heard
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           so
           resolute
           are
           we
           in
           our
           impenitency
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           should
           see
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           burning
           before
           our
           faces
           ,
           the
           fearefull
           beholding
           of
           so
           strange
           an
           obiect
           might
           happely
           breede
           admiration
           and
           wonderment
           in
           vs
           ,
           but
           repentance
           and
           amendement
           of
           life
           it
           would
           not
           .
        
         
           But
           Sodom
           lyes
           in
           the
           ashes
           of
           her
           destruction
           ,
           and
           wée
           haue
           raked
           by
           the
           remembrance
           of
           her
           in
           the
           ashes
           of
           obliuion
           :
           Sodom
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           of
           by
           report
           in
           the
           day
           of
           our
           pride
           :
           her
           destruction
           was
           a
           wonder
           indéed
           :
           but
           we
           confirme
           the
           old
           prouerb
           ,
           
             The
             greatest
             wōder
             lasts
             but
             nine
             dayes
             .
          
           And
           as
           the
           smoke
           of
           her
           and
           of
           her
           land
           sometimes
           ascended
           into
           the
           clouds
           ,
           and
           so
           vanished
           :
           in
           like
           maner
           ,
           the
           remembrance
           of
           her
           and
           of
           her
           destruction
           is
           perished
           like
           smoke
           ,
           and
           forgotten
           as
           though
           it
           had
           neuer
           bene
           :
           yet
           wée
           
           practise
           her
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           are
           corrupted
           more
           then
           shée
           in
           all
           her
           abominations
           :
           shée
           is
           a
           younger
           sister
           to
           vs
           in
           iniquity
           ,
           and
           we
           iustify
           her
           in
           all
           our
           transgressions
           .
           What
           a
           madnes
           is
           this
           to
           forget
           the
           iudgement
           wherewith
           she
           was
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           to
           practise
           her
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           cause
           shée
           was
           destroyed
           ?
           This
           is
           to
           be
           penny
           wise
           &
           pound
           foolish
           ;
           for
           we
           may
           be
           well
           assured
           ,
           
           that
           if
           we
           practise
           her
           sinnes
           ,
           we
           shall
           taste
           of
           her
           iudgements
           .
           Therefore
           in
           her
           name
           I
           haue
           vndertaken
           to
           giue
           an
           Alarum
           to
           this
           City
           and
           this
           land
           ,
           to
           eschew
           the
           sinns
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           lest
           they
           burne
           in
           the
           iudgements
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           I
           haue
           made
           choise
           of
           this
           parcel
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           contayning
           a
           true
           ,
           plaine
           ,
           and
           perfit
           relation
           of
           that
           feareful
           ouerthrow
           ,
           which
           Almighty
           God
           brought
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           her
           Cities
           for
           their
           abominations
           .
        
         
           In
           which
           ouerthrow
           we
           haue
           foure
           things
           especially
           to
           consider
           .
           1.
           
           
           The
           suddennes
           of
           it
           :
           it
           was
           by
           Sun-rise
           .
           2.
           
           The
           author
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Lord
           from
           the
           Lord
           out
           of
           heauen
           .
           3.
           
           The
           maner
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           with
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           .
           4.
           
           The
           
           generality
           of
           it
           ,
           all
           the
           plaine
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Cities
           ,
           &
           all
           that
           grew
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ,
           were
           destroyed
           in
           this
           ouerthrow
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           sudden
           ,
           fearefull
           ,
           generall
           ouerthrow
           ,
           which
           was
           sinne
           and
           iniquity
           .
        
         
           The
           suddennesse
           of
           Sodoms
           destruction
           appeares
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           History
           reporteth
           ,
           that
           it
           happened
           by
           the
           Sunne-rise
           in
           the
           morning
           :
           so
           that
           their
           destruction
           came
           vpon
           them
           vnawares
           .
           Ouer-night
           ,
           they
           were
           all
           gathered
           together
           about
           Lots
           house
           ,
           to
           breake
           open
           his
           dores
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           morning
           their
           owne
           houses
           crackle
           about
           their
           eares
           ,
           &
           are
           burnt
           ouer
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           they
           themselues
           consumed
           in
           the
           same
           fire
           :
           They
           made
           Lot
           and
           his
           ghests
           haue
           an
           ill
           night
           ;
           but
           now
           they
           themselues
           haue
           a
           worse
           morning
           :
           for
           in
           their
           sinfull
           beds
           did
           the
           fire
           take
           them
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           were
           risen
           from
           their
           beds
           ,
           a
           showre
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           gaue
           them
           a
           wofull
           good
           morrow
           :
           And
           though
           this
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           came
           downe
           in
           a
           showre
           of
           rayne
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           such
           a
           showre
           ,
           as
           was
           not
           discerned
           ,
           before
           it
           came
           :
           the
           Skye
           was
           not
           ouercast
           ,
           the
           Sunne
           was
           not
           ouershaddowed
           
           with
           clouds
           ,
           
           nor
           the
           firmament
           with
           gloomy
           and
           thicke
           darkenesse
           ,
           as
           vsually
           it
           is
           before
           other
           showres
           :
           but
           the
           Sunne
           did
           rise
           as
           fayre
           and
           bright
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ,
           as
           at
           other
           times
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           was
           no
           cause
           to
           expect
           or
           feare
           such
           a
           showre
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           it
           hapned
           so
           soone
           in
           the
           Morning
           ,
           it
           took
           some
           of
           them
           in
           their
           beds
           ,
           some
           asléep
           some
           not
           throughly
           wakened
           ,
           some
           apparrelling
           themselues
           ,
           others
           preparing
           themselues
           to
           go
           about
           their
           sundry
           occasions
           ,
           but
           none
           of
           them
           dreaming
           of
           such
           an
           hot
           seruice
           ,
           as
           to
           haue
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           to
           their
           breakefast
           .
        
         
           When
           Almighty
           God
           brought
           that
           vniuersall
           floud
           vpon
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           Noah
           was
           a
           Preacher
           vnto
           them
           of
           that
           age
           ,
           and
           by
           preparing
           the
           Arke
           ,
           he
           gaue
           them
           warning
           what
           was
           intended
           towards
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           like
           maner
           ,
           when
           Iericho
           was
           layd
           leuell
           with
           the
           ground
           ,
           the
           ruines
           of
           that
           City
           were
           in
           a
           maner
           made
           manifest
           vnto
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           by
           the
           seuen
           dayes
           compassing
           of
           it
           about
           ,
           and
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           trumpets
           did
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           sound
           foorth
           their
           destruction
           
           vnto
           them
           :
           and
           euen
           vnto
           Pharaoh
           was
           Moses
           sent
           still
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           to
           forewarne
           him
           ,
           and
           giue
           him
           knowledge
           of
           the
           plagues
           which
           should
           ensue
           the
           day
           after
           :
           but
           in
           this
           destruction
           of
           the
           Sodomites
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           man
           to
           forewarne
           them
           of
           it
           ,
           no
           prediction
           to
           foretell
           it
           ,
           no
           signe
           to
           demonstrate
           it
           ;
           so
           suddenly
           doeth
           vengeance
           take
           them
           ,
           euen
           vnawares
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           little
           thought
           of
           any
           such
           matter
           .
        
         
           
           From
           whence
           growes
           this
           instruction
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           continue
           and
           goe
           on
           still
           in
           their
           wickednes
           without
           repentance
           ,
           
           shall
           suddenly
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           before
           they
           be
           aware
           .
           God
           sendeth
           downe
           his
           vengeance
           suddenly
           vpon
           the
           wicked
           ,
           euen
           when
           they
           cry
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           and
           all
           is
           well
           ,
           then
           doth
           vengeance
           come
           suddenly
           vpon
           them
           ,
           as
           sorrow
           commeth
           vpon
           a
           woman
           trauayling
           with
           child
           .
           This
           Elihu
           noted
           in
           his
           experience
           .
           
             They
             dye
             suddenly
          
           (
           sayth
           he
           )
           meaning
           the
           wicked
           ,
           
             and
             the
             people
             shal
             be
             troubled
             at
             midnight
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           they
           looke
           not
           for
           it
           ,
           
             and
             they
             shall
             passe
             foorth
          
           ,
           meaning
           ,
           the
           iudgements
           of
           God
           ,
           
             and
             take
             away
             the
             
             mighty
             without
             hand
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           quickly
           ,
           or
           contrary
           to
           all
           expectation
           .
        
         
           Many
           and
           fearefull
           are
           the
           examples
           which
           we
           haue
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           concerning
           this
           matter
           :
           
           Lots
           wife
           turning
           her
           head
           awry
           ,
           was
           her selfe
           at
           that
           very
           instant
           turned
           into
           a
           pillar
           of
           salt
           .
           Zimry
           and
           Cozby
           were
           both
           slaine
           amidst
           their
           filthines
           .
           Belshazzar
           in
           the
           height
           of
           his
           feasting
           ,
           reuelling
           ,
           and
           banquetting
           ,
           had
           his
           iudgement
           laid
           vpon
           him
           .
           Dauid
           being
           astonied
           at
           the
           sudden
           destruction
           of
           the
           wicked
           ,
           maketh
           an
           exclamation
           by
           way
           of
           admiration
           concerning
           this
           matter
           ,
           Psalm
           .
           73.19
           .
           
             Oh
             how
             suddenly
          
           (
           sayth
           he
           )
           
             are
             they
             destroyed
             ,
             perished
             ,
             &
             horribly
             consumed
             !
          
           And
           surely
           ,
           the
           sudden
           destruction
           of
           the
           wicked
           is
           not
           onely
           terrible
           to
           them
           y
           t
           are
           striken
           with
           it
           ,
           but
           it
           causeth
           as
           many
           to
           wonder
           ,
           as
           eyther
           heare
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           behold
           it
           :
           When
           the
           earth
           opened
           &
           swallowed
           vp
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
             and
             Abiram
          
           with
           their
           wiues
           and
           children
           ,
           they
           themselues
           did
           not
           onely
           send
           foorth
           pittifull
           and
           rufull
           outcryes
           at
           the
           suddennes
           of
           their
           owne
           destruction
           ,
           
           but
           all
           Israel
           that
           were
           about
           them
           ,
           fled
           at
           the
           cry
           
           of
           them
           :
           death
           ,
           come
           it
           neuer
           so
           gently
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           most
           terrible
           &
           dreadfull
           to
           nature
           ,
           because
           it
           destroys
           nature
           :
           
           but
           sudden
           death
           is
           a
           degrée
           more
           fearefull
           then
           death
           ,
           because
           death
           is
           the
           way
           of
           all
           flesh
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           appoynted
           for
           all
           men
           once
           to
           dye
           :
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           wisedome
           patiently
           to
           beare
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           feare
           ,
           that
           which
           cannot
           be
           auoyded
           :
           but
           sudden
           death
           is
           neyther
           common
           to
           all
           ,
           nor
           necessary
           for
           any
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           like
           a
           Kains
           marke
           ,
           set
           vpon
           some
           few
           for
           examples
           sake
           ,
           to
           warne
           others
           to
           feare
           and
           liue
           preparedly
           .
           In
           all
           worldly
           reason
           ,
           it
           is
           better
           to
           dye
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           then
           of
           a
           long
           languishing
           sickenes
           .
           Therefore
           Caesar
           was
           wont
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             Repentinus
             &
             inopinatus
             finis
             vitae
             est
             commodissimus
             .
          
           But
           howsoeuer
           a
           long
           languishing
           sickenes
           is
           grieuous
           to
           nature
           ,
           and
           tedious
           to
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           yet
           therein
           a
           man
           hath
           time
           to
           compose
           and
           set
           himself
           in
           order
           ,
           to
           dispose
           and
           set
           his
           house
           in
           order
           ,
           to
           yeld
           back
           his
           spirit
           to
           God
           which
           gaue
           it
           ,
           with
           old
           Simeon
           to
           sing
           that
           Swanlike
           song
           :
           
             Lord
             ,
             now
             lettest
             thou
             thy
             seruant
             depart
             in
             peace
             according
             to
             thy
             word
          
           :
           to
           giue
           testimony
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           dyes
           in
           
           the
           true
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           in
           loue
           and
           charity
           with
           all
           men
           ;
           so
           that
           he
           leaues
           a
           good
           report
           behind
           him
           ,
           which
           as
           Salomon
           sayth
           ,
           is
           better
           then
           a
           precious
           oyntment
           :
           But
           as
           for
           him
           that
           dyes
           suddenly
           ,
           he
           can
           do
           none
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           leaues
           a
           suspition
           behind
           him
           ,
           neyther
           can
           the
           iudging
           Nature
           of
           man
           hardly
           beléeue
           charitably
           of
           him
           :
           For
           indéed
           ,
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           where
           God
           will
           haue
           mercy
           ,
           he
           commonly
           giues
           time
           to
           craue
           mercy
           :
           but
           when
           he
           strikes
           suddenly
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           fearefull
           signe
           that
           he
           meanes
           to
           haue
           no
           mercy
           ;
           for
           so
           he
           threatens
           to
           the
           vngodly
           :
           
             His
             destruction
             shall
             come
             suddenly
          
           ,
           
           
             he
             shal
             be
             destroyed
             speedily
             without
             recouery
             .
          
        
         
           These
           things
           being
           duly
           considered
           ,
           we
           haue
           iust
           cause
           to
           pray
           with
           the
           Church
           in
           her
           Liturgy
           ,
           
             From
             sudden
             death
             ,
             good
             Lord
             ,
             deliuer
             vs.
          
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           
           that
           we
           ought
           continually
           to
           liue
           so
           prepared
           and
           prouided
           for
           death
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           be
           ready
           at
           all
           times
           ,
           steale
           it
           neuer
           so
           suddenly
           vpon
           vs.
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           such
           in
           déed
           should
           be
           our
           readines
           and
           preparation
           ;
           But
           yet
           this
           is
           no
           good
           argument
           ,
           
           that
           therefore
           we
           should
           not
           pray
           against
           sudden
           death
           :
           for
           thus
           I
           will
           instance
           against
           it
           :
           
           Euery
           man
           is
           bound
           to
           prouide
           for
           his
           family
           ,
           things
           honest
           and
           necessary
           for
           their
           reliefe
           and
           mainetenance
           ,
           and
           he
           that
           doth
           not
           so
           ,
           is
           worse
           then
           an
           Infidell
           :
           yet
           euery
           man
           notwithstanding
           must
           pray
           
             Giue
             vs
             this
             day
             our
             dayly
             bread
             .
          
           Our
           prouision
           for
           bread
           must
           not
           hinder
           our
           prayer
           for
           bread
           ,
           neyther
           must
           our
           preparation
           for
           death
           hinder
           our
           praying
           against
           sudden
           death
           .
           But
           you
           will
           say
           vnto
           me
           ,
           Doe
           you
           condemne
           all
           that
           dye
           suddenly
           ?
           or
           doe
           you
           thinke
           that
           sudden
           death
           is
           alwayes
           a
           spirituall
           iudgement
           ?
           What
           say
           you
           to
           good
           King
           Iosias
           ,
           so
           much
           lamented
           by
           Ieremy
           ,
           
           and
           commended
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           What
           say
           you
           to
           many
           good
           men
           ,
           some
           drownd
           at
           sea
           ?
           
           some
           kild
           in
           fight
           ?
           some
           going
           well
           to
           bed
           ,
           and
           found
           dead
           in
           their
           beds
           ?
           do
           you
           affirme
           ,
           that
           sudden
           death
           to
           all
           these
           is
           a
           spiritual
           iudgement
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           concerning
           Iosias
           ,
           I
           answere
           ,
           that
           he
           dyed
           not
           a
           sudden
           death
           :
           for
           he
           was
           wounded
           at
           Megiddo
           ,
           
           and
           after
           he
           was
           wounded
           ,
           he
           complayned
           to
           his
           seruants
           ,
           that
           he
           
           was
           very
           sicke
           :
           wherevpon
           his
           seruants
           remoued
           him
           out
           of
           his
           owne
           charret
           ,
           into
           an
           other
           ,
           and
           afterward
           carryed
           him
           to
           Ierusalem
           ,
           and
           there
           he
           dyed
           .
           Can
           Iosias
           be
           sayd
           to
           dye
           of
           a
           sudden
           death
           ?
           They
           doe
           but
           f●atter
           the
           world
           ,
           which
           countenance
           the
           sudden
           death
           of
           their
           friends
           ,
           with
           the
           example
           of
           Iosias
           :
           for
           where
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           taken
           in
           there
           nets
           ,
           
           the
           Prophet
           doth
           not
           meane
           by
           Nets
           ,
           the
           suddennes
           of
           his
           destruction
           ,
           but
           rather
           the
           cunning
           deuices
           and
           stratagems
           which
           his
           enemies
           vsed
           to
           worke
           his
           ouerthrow
           :
           and
           so
           is
           Net
           taken
           ,
           Iob.
           18.8
           .
           and
           in
           diuers
           other
           places
           besides
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           such
           as
           perish
           at
           sea
           ,
           they
           cannot
           be
           sayd
           to
           dye
           suddenly
           :
           for
           when
           a
           man
           sets
           his
           foote
           into
           a
           ship
           ,
           he
           well
           knows
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           but
           halfe
           a
           foots
           breadth
           at
           the
           most
           betwéene
           him
           &
           death
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           mans
           entrance
           into
           a
           ship
           to
           goe
           to
           sea
           ,
           is
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           an
           entrance
           into
           some
           dangerous
           sickenes
           :
           and
           commonly
           there
           is
           some
           storme
           before
           a
           shipwracke
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           good
           premonition
           of
           ensuing
           danger
           ;
           &
           when
           a
           man
           is
           vnder
           water
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           presently
           depriued
           of
           life
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           some
           
           reluctation
           of
           Nature
           ,
           in
           which
           time
           of
           reluctation
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           many
           a
           déep
           sigh
           sent
           vnto
           God
           for
           mercy
           and
           forgiuenes
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           is
           with
           those
           that
           goe
           to
           sea
           ,
           so
           it
           is
           with
           those
           that
           goe
           to
           fight
           :
           who
           knoweth
           not
           ,
           that
           the
           chance
           of
           warre
           is
           vncertaine
           ?
           &
           therfore
           when
           a
           man
           goes
           into
           the
           field
           to
           fight
           ,
           he
           should
           make
           account
           that
           he
           lies
           him
           downe
           vpon
           his
           sick-bed
           .
           The
           Drums
           and
           Trumpets
           are
           to
           him
           as
           so
           many
           bells
           ,
           that
           sound
           forth
           his
           dolefull
           knell
           :
           The
           Arrowes
           ,
           the
           Pikes
           ,
           the
           shot
           of
           all
           sort
           ,
           are
           messengers
           of
           death
           vnto
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           cannot
           be
           said
           to
           die
           suddenly
           :
           
           but
           that
           man
           dyes
           suddenly
           ,
           who
           being
           in
           perfect
           health
           ,
           and
           frée
           from
           all
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           is
           so
           depriued
           of
           life
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           reluctation
           of
           Nature
           to
           bée
           perceiued
           .
           And
           what
           are
           we
           to
           iudge
           of
           such
           ?
           Surely
           ,
           concerning
           such
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           onely
           to
           consider
           the
           present
           condition
           of
           their
           death
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           looke
           backe
           to
           their
           liues
           formerly
           past
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           find
           them
           to
           haue
           liued
           in
           al
           good
           conscience
           before
           God
           and
           men
           ,
           and
           to
           haue
           béene
           busied
           in
           some
           holy
           or
           charitable
           action
           at
           the
           howre
           of
           their
           death
           ,
           these
           men
           ,
           doubtlesse
           ,
           dye
           in
           the
           fauor
           of
           God
           ;
           &
           sudden
           death
           is
           but
           a
           temporall
           
           iudgement
           vnto
           them
           ;
           
           &
           it
           were
           against
           the
           rule
           of
           charitie
           &
           piety
           ,
           to
           iudge
           otherwise
           of
           them
           :
           for
           of
           what
           kind
           of
           death
           soeuer
           a
           iust
           man
           dyes
           ,
           it
           shal
           be
           wel
           with
           him
           ,
           &
           his
           soule
           shal
           be
           at
           rest
           :
           but
           if
           a
           man
           hath
           all
           his
           life
           time
           liued
           wickedly
           &
           vnconscionably
           ,
           and
           be
           also
           taken
           by
           death
           in
           some
           vngodly
           &
           vncharitable
           action
           ,
           out
           of
           al
           question
           ,
           suddē
           death
           is
           a
           spiritual
           iudgment
           to
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           to
           the
           Sodomites
           here
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           whom
           the
           Apostle
           
             S.
             Iude
          
           doth
           definitiuely
           condemne
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
           that
           
             they
             suffer
             the
             vengeance
             of
             eternal
             fire
             .
          
           Let
           this
           therefore
           be
           the
           vse
           of
           all
           that
           hath
           bin
           said
           ,
           euen
           to
           pray
           against
           sudden
           death
           ,
           &
           yet
           to
           liue
           alwaies
           so
           prepared
           for
           death
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           ready
           at
           all
           times
           with
           the
           fiue
           wise
           virgins
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           go
           in
           with
           the
           bridegrome
           ,
           
           &
           be
           partakers
           with
           him
           of
           al
           his
           pleasures
           which
           indure
           for
           euermore
           .
           Now
           we
           are
           in
           the
           2.
           
           place
           to
           consider
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           fearefull
           ouerthrow
           ,
           wherewith
           Sodō
           &
           Gomorra
           were
           destroyed
           ;
           &
           that
           was
           the
           Lord
           :
           for
           the
           text
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             rayned
             vpon
             Sodom
             &
             Gomorrha
             brimstone
             &
             fire
             frō
             the
             Lord
             out
             of
             heauen
             .
          
           The
           phrase
           of
           spéech
           here
           vsed
           ,
           séemeth
           somwhat
           strange
           ,
           &
           therefore
           
           diuers
           men
           haue
           diuersly
           interpreted
           it
           ;
           some
           haue
           thought
           it
           to
           be
           nothing
           els
           but
           a
           speach
           proper
           to
           the
           Hebrew
           tongue
           :
           others
           haue
           thought
           it
           a
           redundancy
           of
           speach
           :
           some
           againe
           haue
           thought
           ,
           that
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           would
           ,
           by
           this
           forme
           of
           speach
           ,
           note
           vnto
           vs
           a
           miraculous
           and
           extraordinary
           action
           ,
           aboue
           and
           beyond
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           :
           but
           in
           reading
           the
           ancient
           fathers
           ,
           we
           may
           finde
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           vrge
           this
           place
           against
           certaine
           Hereticks
           of
           their
           time
           ,
           to
           proue
           the
           eternity
           of
           Christ
           .
           So
           
             Marcus
             Arethusus
          
           in
           the
           Sirinian
           Counsell
           alledged
           these
           words
           against
           Photinus
           ,
           expounding
           them
           thus
           ,
           The
           Lord
           Christ
           ,
           to
           whom
           y
           e
           Father
           hath
           committed
           all
           iudgement
           ,
           did
           rayne
           from
           the
           Lord
           Iehouah
           his
           Father
           ,
           brimstone
           and
           fire
           out
           of
           heauen
           .
           So
           that
           Almighty
           God
           by
           his
           Sonne
           ,
           did
           execute
           this
           fearefull
           vengeance
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           her
           Cityes
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           neuer
           any
           thing
           which
           hapned
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           eyther
           so
           miraculous
           or
           extraordinary
           ,
           but
           there
           haue
           bene
           euer
           some
           ,
           which
           haue
           eyther
           douted
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           disputed
           about
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           it
           .
           
           Some
           haue
           doubted
           vpon
           the
           truth
           
           of
           Noahs
           floud
           :
           
           Others
           haue
           attributed
           the
           cause
           thereof
           to
           the
           constellation
           of
           the
           Starrs
           ,
           or
           to
           fatall
           necessity
           .
           Concerning
           the
           destruction
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           ,
           there
           be
           that
           do
           attribute
           it
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           soyle
           :
           
           for
           the
           country
           (
           say
           they
           )
           being
           full
           of
           pitch
           &
           slime
           ,
           and
           other
           combustible
           matter
           ,
           the
           fire
           that
           destroyed
           these
           cities
           ,
           
           did
           burst
           forth
           of
           the
           earth
           .
           Which
           assertion
           of
           theirs
           is
           cleane
           contrary
           to
           the
           Scripture
           here
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           which
           sayth
           ,
           that
           
             it
             came
             from
             heauen
          
           .
           And
           amongst
           vs
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           if
           any
           strange
           accidents
           do
           happen
           eyther
           in
           the
           Ayre
           or
           in
           the
           Earth
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Waters
           ,
           we
           referre
           them
           to
           some
           naturall
           cause
           or
           other
           ,
           being
           vnwilling
           (
           as
           it
           were
           )
           to
           acknowledge
           God
           to
           haue
           a
           hand
           in
           them
           .
           And
           why
           should
           we
           be
           so
           willing
           to
           séeke
           out
           causes
           in
           nature
           for
           such
           things
           as
           fall
           foorth
           strangely
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           vnwilling
           to
           intitle
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           in
           them
           ?
           God
           made
           the
           Starres
           ,
           and
           the
           Planets
           ,
           and
           the
           
           rest
           of
           the
           celestial
           bodies
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           to
           be
           for
           signes
           ,
           and
           seasons
           ,
           &
           dayes
           ,
           and
           yéeres
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           right
           and
           lawfull
           vse
           of
           them
           by
           their
           creation
           .
           
             Let
             them
             be
             for
             signes
          
           ,
           
           saith
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           but
           not
           for
           causes
           .
           
             Astra
             demonstrant
             ,
             non
             necessitant
          
           :
           The
           Starrs
           doe
           sometimes
           foreshew
           such
           things
           as
           happen
           ,
           
           but
           they
           are
           not
           the
           inforcing
           causes
           of
           such
           things
           as
           happen
           .
           Most
           impious
           therefore
           and
           blasphemous
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           ascribe
           these
           things
           to
           the
           influence
           and
           operation
           of
           the
           Stars
           :
           for
           it
           is
           to
           rob
           God
           of
           his
           honour
           ,
           to
           derogate
           from
           his
           power
           ,
           to
           ouerthrow
           his
           prouidence
           ,
           and
           to
           tye
           God
           to
           secondary
           and
           subordinate
           causes
           ,
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           our selues
           ,
           it
           extinguisheth
           the
           feare
           of
           God
           in
           vs
           ,
           it
           hinders
           our
           repentance
           and
           conuersion
           vnto
           God
           ,
           it
           drawes
           vs
           to
           Atheisme
           ,
           and
           to
           a
           flat
           contempt
           both
           of
           God
           and
           his
           Iudgements
           .
           Pharaoh
           was
           not
           mooued
           with
           all
           the
           miracles
           that
           Moses
           &
           Aaron
           could
           
           doe
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           hée
           saw
           his
           Sorcerers
           could
           doe
           the
           same
           ;
           because
           he
           attributed
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           was
           in
           those
           miracles
           to
           Art
           and
           Nature
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           power
           of
           God.
           The
           beasts
           of
           the
           field
           doe
           not
           tremble
           at
           the
           braying
           of
           an
           Asse
           :
           but
           they
           are
           horrible
           afraid
           at
           the
           roaring
           of
           a
           Lyon.
           So
           we
           tremble
           not
           ,
           we
           are
           nothing
           afraid
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           mooued
           with
           any
           thing
           ,
           be
           it
           neuer
           so
           strange
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           we
           are
           perswaded
           it
           comes
           from
           naturall
           causes
           :
           but
           when
           we
           acknowledge
           the
           hand
           of
           God
           in
           such
           things
           as
           befall
           vs
           ,
           this
           bréeds
           in
           vs
           a
           feare
           of
           his
           Maiestie
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           the
           sooner
           mooued
           to
           repentance
           and
           amendment
           of
           life
           .
        
         
           Origen
           is
           very
           bitter
           against
           these
           starre-gazing
           Naturalists
           ,
           and
           sayth
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Dum
             alias
             stellas
             beneficas
             ,
             alias
             maleficas
             faciunt
             ,
             os
             suum
             in
             coelum
             aperiuno
          
           :
           Whiles
           they
           make
           some
           Planets
           beneuolent
           ,
           and
           some
           maleuolent
           ,
           they
           open
           their
           mouth
           against
           heauen
           it selfe
           .
           
           And
           that
           ancient
           Counsell
           of
           Toledo
           ,
           holden
           in
           the
           foure
           hundreth
           yéere
           after
           Christ
           ,
           
           decréed
           thus
           against
           them
           ,
           
             Si
             quis
             Mathesi
             aut
             Astrologiae
             existimat
             credendum
             ,
             Anathema
             sit
          
           :
           Let
           him
           be
           accursed
           ,
           y
           t
           thinks
           there
           is
           any
           credit
           to
           be
           giuen
           to
           Astrology
           ,
           or
           Mathematisme
           .
           What
           comfort
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           can
           any
           man
           haue
           ,
           to
           thinke
           y
           t
           the
           Planets
           are
           the
           causes
           of
           such
           things
           as
           happen
           in
           the
           world
           ?
           Admit
           the
           Planets
           could
           hurt
           vs
           :
           can
           they
           heale
           vs
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           hurt
           vs
           ?
           can
           they
           relieue
           vs
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           plagued
           vs
           ?
           can
           they
           helpe
           vs
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           crost
           vs
           ?
           That
           man
           therefore
           must
           néeds
           be
           comfortles
           in
           his
           afflictions
           ,
           that
           attributes
           the
           cause
           of
           them
           to
           the
           influence
           of
           the
           Starres
           ,
           or
           to
           Fortune
           ,
           or
           to
           necessity
           ,
           or
           to
           any
           other
           secondary
           cause
           whatsoeuer
           .
           But
           as
           the
           Lord
           Iehouah
           did
           execute
           this
           terrible
           iudgement
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           by
           the
           Lord
           Christ
           :
           so
           we
           must
           confesse
           and
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           God
           ,
           and
           
           not
           Nature
           ,
           the
           Almighty
           ,
           and
           not
           the
           Planets
           ,
           the
           Lord
           of
           heauen
           and
           earth
           ,
           and
           not
           Lady
           Fortune
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           all
           such
           things
           as
           happen
           here
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           particular
           or
           generall
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           cursings
           or
           blessings
           ,
           safety
           or
           destruction
           ,
           losse
           or
           gaine
           ,
           iudgements
           or
           mercies
           ,
           prosperity
           or
           aduersity
           .
           This
           doth
           the
           Almighty
           himselfe
           witnes
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           Esay
           .
           45.7
           .
           
             I
             make
             peace
             ,
             and
             I
             make
             euill
             .
          
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Amos
           affirmeth
           the
           same
           thing
           of
           God
           ,
           
           
             Is
             there
             any
             euill
             in
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             hath
             not
             done
             it
             ,
          
           sayth
           the
           Prophet
           ?
           Both
           which
           places
           do
           pregnantly
           proue
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           whether
           it
           be
           good
           or
           euill
           that
           happeneth
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           God
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           commeth
           from
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           and
           onely
           cause
           thereof
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Prophet
           Ieremy
           demaunds
           this
           Question
           of
           these
           that
           do
           so
           curiously
           obserue
           the
           rules
           of
           Nature
           ,
           
           
             Can
             the
             heauens
             giue
             showres
             ?
             is
             it
             not
             thou
             ,
             O
             Lord
             
             our
             God
             ,
          
           
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           ?
           God
           being
           the
           God
           of
           nature
           ,
           ouer-rules
           nature
           ,
           he
           calleth
           the
           starres
           by
           their
           names
           ,
           and
           therefore
           disposeth
           them
           at
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           &
           guides
           the
           Planets
           after
           his
           will.
           Let
           vs
           not
           therefore
           employ
           our
           studyes
           in
           such
           vaine
           Arts
           ,
           which
           haue
           no
           certainty
           in
           them
           :
           Let
           vs
           not
           beléeue
           ,
           nor
           consent
           ,
           nor
           consult
           with
           the
           rules
           therof
           :
           
           for
           as
           Hierome
           well
           saith
           ,
           such
           Arts
           and
           the
           professours
           ,
           practisers
           and
           inquirers
           after
           the
           same
           ,
           doe
           more
           harme
           in
           a
           citie
           ,
           then
           fire
           .
           
           And
           therefore
           the
           Councell
           of
           Venice
           ,
           holden
           in
           the
           foure
           hundred
           and
           sixtieth
           yéere
           after
           Christ
           ,
           decréed
           ,
           that
           if
           any
           man
           did
           study
           Astrologie
           ,
           or
           gaue
           credit
           to
           any
           such
           as
           did
           studie
           that
           Art
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           a
           minister
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           depriued
           ,
           &
           whatsoeuer
           he
           were
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           excommunicate
           :
           For
           indéede
           ,
           these
           inferiour
           ,
           though
           celestiall
           creatures
           ,
           were
           made
           to
           serue
           man
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           rule
           man.
           Let
           vs
           not
           therefore
           obserue
           them
           ,
           
           
           attribute
           any
           thing
           vnto
           them
           ,
           feare
           them
           ,
           nor
           consult
           with
           them
           ;
           for
           thereby
           we
           prooue
           both
           iniurious
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           our selues
           ,
           &
           to
           the
           creatures
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           is
           our
           wisdome
           ,
           
           to
           follow
           the
           counsel
           of
           the
           prophet
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           acknowledge
           the
           rod
           ,
           &
           who
           hath
           appointed
           it
           :
           when
           any
           crosse
           ,
           affliction
           ,
           iudgement
           ,
           losse
           ,
           or
           tribulation
           doth
           befall
           vs
           ,
           we
           must
           confesse
           &
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           by
           our
           sins
           we
           haue
           iustly
           deserued
           the
           same
           :
           &
           in
           the
           second
           place
           we
           must
           confesse
           &
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           ordeined
           ,
           inflicted
           &
           laid
           the
           same
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           &
           not
           the
           starres
           ,
           nor
           Fortune
           ,
           nor
           Planets
           ,
           nor
           Destiny
           ,
           nor
           the
           diuell
           ,
           nor
           man
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           creature
           in
           heauen
           or
           earth
           ;
           but
           as
           the
           Lord
           rayned
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           from
           the
           Lord
           out
           of
           heauen
           vpon
           these
           cities
           ,
           &
           this
           countrey
           of
           Sodom
           &
           Gomorrah
           ,
           so
           al
           our
           crosses
           ,
           losses
           ,
           afflictions
           ,
           and
           tribulations
           come
           from
           the
           Lord
           out
           of
           heauen
           .
           This
           Iob
           wel
           vnderstood
           ,
           &
           acknowledged
           :
           for
           although
           
           the
           Chaldeans
           and
           Shabeans
           spoyled
           him
           of
           his
           Oxen
           ,
           Asses
           ,
           and
           Camells
           ,
           yet
           Iob
           ascribes
           it
           all
           to
           God.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             taken
             it
             away
             ,
          
           sayth
           he
           .
           So
           likewise
           Sathan
           is
           said
           to
           haue
           smitten
           Iob
           with
           sore
           biles
           ,
           from
           the
           crowne
           of
           the
           head
           ,
           to
           the
           sole
           of
           his
           foote
           ,
           &
           yet
           he
           lays
           it
           vpon
           God
           :
           
             The
             hand
             of
             God
             hath
             touched
             me
             ,
          
           
           sayth
           Iob.
           When
           Shemei
           cursed
           Dauid
           ,
           &
           threw
           stones
           at
           him
           ,
           and
           rayled
           vpon
           him
           ,
           howsoeuer
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Zaruiah
           tooke
           it
           to
           be
           the
           cursing
           of
           a
           dead
           dog
           ,
           yet
           Dauid
           ascribed
           it
           to
           God.
           
             The
             Lord
          
           ,
           sayth
           he
           ,
           
             hath
             bidden
             Shemei
             to
             curse
             Dauid
             .
          
           Whereby
           it
           is
           apparant
           ,
           
           that
           there
           is
           no
           euill
           that
           happens
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           I
           mean
           the
           euill
           of
           punishment
           ,
           or
           affliction
           ,
           but
           God
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           layes
           the
           same
           vpon
           vs
           ;
           and
           to
           know
           and
           acknowledge
           this
           ,
           is
           great
           comfort
           vnto
           vs
           :
           
           for
           as
           God
           woundeth
           vs
           ,
           so
           he
           is
           able
           to
           heale
           vs
           ;
           as
           he
           afflicteth
           vs
           ,
           so
           he
           can
           remoue
           our
           afflictions
           from
           vs
           :
           and
           therefore
           this
           bréedeth
           in
           vs
           a
           feruency
           
           in
           prayer
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           counsell
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             Is
             any
             man
             afflicted
             amongst
             you
             ,
             let
             him
             pray
          
           ?
           But
           to
           whom
           should
           he
           pray
           in
           his
           afflictions
           ?
           to
           the
           Starres
           and
           Planets
           ?
           to
           Fortune
           and
           Chance
           ?
           to
           Fate
           &
           Destiny
           ?
           None
           of
           these
           can
           relieue
           vs
           ,
           they
           cannot
           heale
           vs
           ,
           they
           cannot
           helpe
           vs.
           But
           heere
           is
           our
           comfort
           ,
           that
           God
           afflicting
           vs
           ,
           he
           can
           also
           comfort
           vs
           ;
           therefore
           this
           prouoketh
           vs
           to
           be
           instant
           with
           God
           by
           prayer
           .
           Againe
           ,
           
           to
           acknowledge
           God
           to
           bée
           the
           Authour
           of
           our
           afflictions
           ,
           it
           bréedeth
           patience
           in
           vs
           :
           Euery
           one
           of
           vs
           by
           Nature
           are
           wonderfull
           impatient
           ,
           euen
           in
           the
           least
           crosses
           which
           can
           befall
           vs
           :
           and
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           we
           do
           not
           acknowledge
           from
           whence
           our
           crosses
           come
           ;
           for
           it
           we
           did
           ,
           we
           would
           neuer
           be
           found
           to
           striue
           against
           God.
           Dauid
           confessing
           his
           infirmity
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           teacheth
           euery
           man
           his
           duety
           ,
           and
           how
           to
           carry
           himselfe
           in
           his
           afflictions
           ,
           
             I
             should
             haue
             bene
             dumbe
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             not
             
             haue
             opened
             my
             mouth
             ,
          
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             because
             thou
             didst
             it
          
           .
           Séeing
           his
           troubles
           came
           from
           God
           ,
           he
           confesseth
           ,
           he
           should
           haue
           indured
           them
           patiently
           .
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           learne
           what
           to
           doe
           in
           the
           same
           case
           ,
           euen
           to
           be
           patient
           in
           our
           greatest
           troubles
           ,
           because
           God
           inflicts
           them
           and
           layes
           them
           vpon
           vs.
           The
           bird
           being
           caught
           in
           the
           lime-bush
           ,
           and
           not
           knowing
           the
           true
           cause
           of
           her
           calamitie
           ,
           striueth
           and
           struggleth
           to
           inlarge
           her selfe
           ,
           but
           the
           more
           she
           applieth
           her selfe
           to
           procure
           her
           fréedome
           ,
           the
           more
           she
           plungeth
           her selfe
           into
           thraldome
           ,
           the
           more
           feathers
           she
           loseth
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           vnable
           she
           makes
           her selfe
           to
           make
           her
           escape
           ,
           if
           she
           were
           at
           libertie
           .
           Euen
           so
           the
           partie
           afflicted
           ,
           not
           knowing
           ,
           or
           acknowledging
           from
           whence
           his
           afflictions
           come
           ,
           the
           more
           he
           laboreth
           to
           recouer
           and
           rid
           himselfe
           out
           of
           his
           troubles
           ,
           the
           more
           hee
           inwrappeth
           himselfe
           into
           troubles
           ;
           the
           more
           meanes
           he
           vseth
           of
           his
           owne
           deuising
           ,
           to
           relieue
           himselfe
           ,
           
           the
           lesse
           comfort
           doth
           he
           féele
           ,
           and
           the
           heauier
           are
           his
           crosses
           vnto
           him
           .
           But
           as
           the
           ship
           ,
           which
           by
           the
           violent
           course
           of
           a
           spring-tide
           is
           driuen
           vpon
           the
           maine
           ,
           doth
           patiently
           abide
           ,
           til
           the
           next
           spring-tide
           come
           and
           fetch
           her
           off
           ,
           knowing
           that
           as
           she
           was
           driuen
           vpon
           the
           ground
           by
           the
           Tide
           ,
           so
           she
           must
           be
           brought
           off
           with
           a
           Tide
           :
           so
           that
           person
           which
           is
           crossed
           or
           afflicted
           ,
           knowing
           that
           his
           afflictions
           come
           from
           God
           ,
           doth
           patiently
           indure
           them
           ,
           knowing
           that
           he
           which
           laid
           his
           afflictions
           vpon
           him
           ,
           can
           also
           in
           his
           good
           time
           remooue
           them
           from
           him
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           to
           acknowlege
           God
           to
           be
           the
           author
           of
           our
           afflictions
           ,
           
           stirreth
           vs
           vp
           more
           duly
           &
           seriously
           to
           serue
           &
           please
           him
           according
           to
           his
           wil.
           If
           there
           could
           haue
           bin
           found
           ,
           but
           10.
           righteous
           men
           in
           Sodom
           ,
           the
           Lord
           would
           haue
           spared
           the
           whole
           citie
           for
           those
           Tens
           sake
           .
           So
           if
           the
           Lord
           finde
           any
           thing
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           is
           agréeable
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           or
           acceptable
           in
           his
           sight
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           punish
           vs
           ,
           nor
           afflict
           vs
           ,
           
           nor
           crosse
           vs
           further
           then
           may
           be
           for
           his
           glory
           ,
           and
           our
           good
           :
           None
           can
           promise
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           though
           he
           be
           neuer
           so
           righteous
           ,
           that
           he
           shal
           be
           frée
           from
           afflictions
           :
           but
           the
           afflictions
           of
           Gods
           children
           are
           gentle
           chastisments
           ,
           they
           come
           from
           the
           loue
           of
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           the
           rigour
           of
           a
           Iudge
           .
           We
           neuer
           read
           ,
           that
           euer
           he
           rayned
           downe
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           vpon
           the
           godly
           :
           but
           if
           at
           any
           time
           he
           do
           correct
           them
           ,
           his
           corrections
           are
           milde
           ,
           fatherly
           ,
           and
           tending
           to
           amendment
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           their
           destruction
           .
           If
           therefore
           thou
           wilt
           haue
           God
           fauourable
           ,
           and
           kind
           ,
           and
           good
           vnto
           thée
           ,
           serue
           him
           ,
           feare
           him
           ,
           &
           please
           him
           :
           so
           if
           he
           do
           chastise
           thée
           ,
           it
           shal
           be
           for
           thy
           good
           ,
           and
           not
           for
           thy
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           in
           the
           third
           place
           ,
           according
           to
           my
           first
           obseruations
           ,
           let
           vs
           consider
           the
           maner
           of
           this
           destruction
           which
           the
           Lord
           brought
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ;
           fire
           ,
           which
           as
           we
           say
           ,
           hath
           
           no
           mercy
           ,
           fire
           from
           heauen
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           fierce
           &
           fearefull
           then
           other
           fire
           ,
           fire
           mingled
           with
           brimstone
           ;
           whereby
           the
           fire
           became
           more
           furious
           ,
           and
           terrible
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Land
           made
           barren
           and
           fruitlesse
           for
           euer
           .
           And
           this
           mercylesse
           ,
           fierce
           ,
           &
           terrible
           fire
           mingled
           with
           brimstone
           ,
           came
           from
           heauen
           in
           a
           showre
           of
           rayne
           ;
           but
           neuer
           was
           there
           such
           a
           showre
           of
           rayne
           fell
           vpon
           the
           earth
           .
           This
           was
           a
           rayne
           ,
           not
           to
           coole
           and
           refresh
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           to
           burne
           and
           consume
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           the
           Inhabitants
           thereof
           .
           This
           was
           a
           raine
           ,
           not
           to
           make
           the
           Earth
           fruitfull
           ,
           but
           to
           make
           it
           fruitlesse
           for
           euermore
           .
           This
           was
           a
           raine
           ,
           not
           to
           moysten
           the
           earth
           ,
           nor
           to
           make
           it
           spring
           ,
           and
           bring
           foorth
           things
           necessary
           for
           mans
           vse
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           a
           rayne
           ,
           to
           skorch
           and
           parch
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           both
           man
           and
           beast
           ,
           from
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Earth
           ;
           
           for
           it
           rayned
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           from
           heauen
           .
           In
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           it
           rayned
           vpon
           
           the
           earth
           forty
           dayes
           and
           fortynights
           :
           but
           it
           was
           water
           simply
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           mixture
           .
           
           Amongst
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           plagues
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           raine
           was
           one
           ,
           but
           it
           rayned
           hailes●ones
           &
           fire
           mingled
           with
           the
           haile
           ,
           and
           that
           raine
           hurt
           nothing
           but
           what
           was
           in
           the
           field
           :
           but
           this
           raine
           which
           fell
           vpon
           Sodom
           ,
           was
           not
           water
           ,
           but
           fire
           ,
           nor
           hayle
           mingled
           with
           fire
           ,
           but
           fire
           mingled
           with
           brimstone
           ,
           and
           it
           did
           not
           onely
           destroy
           that
           which
           was
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           but
           whatsoeuer
           was
           either
           in
           field
           ,
           or
           citie
           ,
           within
           the
           house
           ,
           or
           without
           ,
           at
           home
           ,
           or
           abroad
           ,
           was
           destroyed
           with
           this
           raine
           ,
           man
           ,
           woman
           ,
           and
           child
           ,
           beast
           ,
           and
           cattell
           ,
           trées
           ,
           and
           herbes
           ,
           all
           perished
           with
           this
           raine
           .
           And
           the
           more
           strange
           was
           y
           e
           maner
           of
           this
           iudgemēt
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           that
           brimstone
           came
           from
           heauen
           .
           We
           often
           read
           of
           brimstone
           in
           hell
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           very
           strange
           ,
           that
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           stinking
           and
           odious
           a
           smell
           as
           brimstone
           is
           ,
           should
           come
           from
           such
           a
           swéete
           and
           pleasant
           place
           
           as
           heauen
           is
           .
        
         
           Lamentable
           and
           rufull
           hath
           béene
           the
           diuastation
           &
           ouerthrow
           of
           diuers
           cities
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           of
           Troy
           ,
           Carthage
           ,
           Ierusalem
           ,
           Thebes
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           ,
           insomuch
           as
           the
           very
           relation
           of
           their
           ruines
           hath
           mooued
           mens
           hearts
           to
           pittie
           the
           perplexed
           estate
           of
           all
           degrées
           ,
           distressed
           with
           such
           desolation
           .
           But
           the
           maner
           of
           this
           destruction
           ,
           wherewith
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           were
           ouerthrowne
           ,
           is
           without
           comparison
           :
           Neuer
           was
           there
           people
           so
           distressed
           .
           If
           the
           rude
           and
           barbarous
           souldier
           had
           entred
           these
           cities
           by
           force
           ,
           and
           had
           put
           man
           ,
           woman
           ,
           &
           child
           to
           the
           swoord
           ,
           imbruing
           their
           hands
           in
           the
           reuerend
           bloud
           of
           the
           old
           men
           ,
           ripping
           vp
           the
           bodies
           of
           women
           great
           with
           child
           ,
           taking
           the
           Infants
           &
           sucking
           babes
           out
           of
           their
           cradles
           vpon
           the
           points
           of
           their
           speares
           ,
           deflowring
           wiues
           ,
           rauishing
           maides
           ,
           spoyling
           the
           widdowes
           and
           fatherlesse
           ,
           sparing
           no
           age
           ,
           sexe
           or
           degrée
           ,
           but
           
           destroying
           all
           before
           them
           with
           fire
           &
           sword
           :
           this
           had
           bene
           lamentable
           ;
           but
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           condition
           of
           warre
           ,
           and
           no
           strange
           thing
           had
           happened
           to
           these
           Cityes
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           had
           bene
           common
           to
           other
           cityes
           in
           their
           ouerthrow
           .
           If
           the
           Lord
           had
           sent
           a
           famine
           vpon
           the
           people
           of
           these
           cities
           of
           Sodom
           &
           Gomorrha
           ,
           &
           broken
           their
           staffe
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           diminished
           the
           oyle
           in
           the
           cruze
           ,
           and
           the
           meale
           in
           the
           barrell
           ,
           and
           had
           dryed
           vp
           all
           their
           springs
           &
           fountaines
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           had
           bene
           inforced
           to
           haue
           eaten
           and
           drunke
           their
           owne
           excrements
           ,
           euery
           man
           to
           haue
           eaten
           the
           flesh
           of
           his
           owne
           arme
           ,
           and
           euery
           mother
           the
           childe
           of
           her
           owne
           wombe
           ,
           this
           had
           bene
           very
           miserable
           ,
           yet
           such
           as
           diuers
           other
           people
           besides
           haue
           tasted
           of
           .
           But
           this
           people
           were
           otherwise
           surprised
           .
           It
           was
           no
           mortall
           enimy
           ,
           but
           the
           immortall
           God
           ,
           that
           fought
           against
           this
           people
           .
           The
           heauens
           sent
           downe
           their
           forces
           against
           this
           people
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           vaine
           
           was
           it
           to
           lift
           vp
           hands
           ,
           head
           ,
           or
           eyes
           towards
           heauen
           ,
           because
           from
           thence
           came
           their
           destruction
           .
           If
           an
           enemy
           of
           the
           same
           mould
           that
           this
           people
           were
           of
           ,
           had
           besieged
           them
           ,
           there
           might
           haue
           béene
           some
           treaty
           ,
           some
           parley
           ,
           some
           conditions
           of
           peace
           ,
           of
           departing
           with
           bagge
           and
           baggage
           ,
           of
           ransome
           ,
           or
           tribute
           hoped
           for
           :
           but
           when
           they
           saw
           the
           heauens
           open
           aboue
           their
           heads
           ,
           and
           sending
           downe
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           vpon
           them
           ,
           whē
           they
           saw
           their
           houses
           on
           fire
           about
           their
           eares
           ,
           no
           place
           of
           refuge
           or
           safegard
           to
           flye
           vnto
           ,
           no
           meanes
           to
           escape
           ,
           when
           they
           felt
           the
           fire
           fall
           vpon
           their
           soft
           and
           tender
           bodyes
           ,
           as
           thick
           as
           rayne
           ,
           when
           they
           felt
           it
           scorche
           their
           flesh
           ,
           when
           they
           saw
           one
           another
           lye
           sprawling
           vpon
           the
           ground
           ,
           drawne
           to
           ,
           like
           a
           scrowle
           of
           parchment
           ,
           with
           y
           e
           scalding
           heat
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           none
           able
           to
           help
           another
           ,
           none
           able
           to
           cōfort
           another
           ,
           what
           a
           miserable
           face
           of
           a
           citie
           was
           there
           ,
           thinke
           you
           ?
        
         
           
             —
             quis
             talia
             fando
          
           
           
             temperet
             a
             lachrymis
             ?
          
        
         
           For
           the
           Lord
           rayned
           vpō
           these
           cities
           brimstone
           &
           fire
           from
           the
           Lord
           out
           of
           heauen
           .
           
           Now
           the
           reasons
           which
           moued
           the
           Lord
           to
           send
           this
           strange
           and
           terrible
           iudgement
           vpon
           these
           cities
           and
           people
           ,
           were
           especially
           3.
           
           This
           God
           so
           wonderfull
           in
           power
           &
           might
           ,
           and
           so
           feareful
           in
           his
           punishment
           ,
           had
           before
           this
           time
           drownd
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           sin
           ;
           but
           the
           people
           of
           Sodō
           &
           Gomorrha
           were
           nothing
           terrified
           with
           that
           iudgemēt
           ,
           but
           were
           as
           wreched
           &
           wicked
           in
           their
           courses
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           heard
           of
           no
           exāple
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           against
           sin
           ;
           &
           therefore
           now
           God
           sends
           fire
           to
           destroy
           them
           ,
           to
           let
           all
           the
           vngodly
           of
           the
           earth
           know
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Elements
           and
           all
           creatures
           in
           heauen
           ,
           earth
           and
           hell
           ,
           are
           readie
           ,
           and
           prest
           to
           take
           vengeance
           vpon
           man
           for
           his
           sin
           ,
           when
           it
           pleaseth
           God
           to
           command
           &
           enioyne
           them
           :
           the
           Lord
           is
           not
           so
           bare
           of
           iudgements
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           but
           one
           kinde
           to
           reuenge
           himselfe
           vpon
           y
           e
           vngodly
           ,
           he
           hath
           more
           thē
           one
           arrow
           of
           vengeance
           to
           the
           bow
           of
           
           his
           wrath
           ,
           he
           hath
           water
           to
           drawn
           thée
           ,
           fire
           to
           consume
           thée
           ,
           plague
           &
           pestilence
           to
           destroy
           thée
           ,
           dearth
           &
           famine
           to
           pine
           thée
           ,
           a
           thousand
           grieuous
           diseases
           to
           bring
           thée
           to
           thine
           end
           .
           The
           earth
           is
           at
           his
           beck
           ,
           to
           open
           and
           swallow
           thée
           vp
           quick
           :
           the
           Angels
           are
           at
           his
           commandment
           ,
           to
           strike
           〈…〉
           sudden
           death
           :
           The
           deuils
           wayt
           vpon
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           bid
           them
           goe
           ,
           they
           haue
           power
           to
           tempt
           thée
           to
           bee
           thine
           owne
           butcher
           and
           executioner
           ,
           as
           to
           hang
           thy selfe
           ,
           to
           throw
           thy selfe
           downe
           headlong
           and
           break
           thy
           neck
           ,
           to
           cut
           thine
           own
           throat
           .
           This
           God
           would
           haue
           y
           e
           sinner
           know
           .
           And
           therefore
           let
           all
           the
           vngodly
           of
           the
           world
           feare
           this
           God
           ,
           trēble
           at
           his
           iudgmēts
           ,
           be
           careful
           &
           cōscionable
           to
           serue
           &
           please
           him
           ,
           &
           take
           héed
           how
           they
           offend
           him
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           prouoke
           him
           ,
           he
           wil
           not
           spare
           them
           .
           They
           haue
           not
           so
           many
           wayes
           to
           anger
           him
           withall
           ,
           as
           hée
           hath
           plagues
           &
           punishments
           to
           destroy
           them
           withall
           .
           And
           from
           hence
           an
           impenitent
           sinner
           may
           gather
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           place
           of
           safety
           nor
           security
           for
           
           him
           ;
           a
           walled
           citie
           is
           no
           place
           of
           defence
           for
           a
           sinner
           ,
           his
           house
           is
           no
           castle
           vnto
           him
           ,
           his
           bed
           is
           no
           place
           of
           safegard
           for
           him
           ;
           for
           in
           al
           these
           places
           God
           hath
           messengers
           of
           death
           and
           destruction
           to
           attach
           him
           .
        
         
           
           The
           second
           〈◊〉
           ,
           why
           the
           Lord
           brought
           this
           kind
           of
           iudgement
           vpon
           these
           cities
           ,
           &
           people
           ,
           was
           ,
           y
           t
           the
           maner
           of
           their
           punishmēt
           might
           be
           suteable
           &
           correspondēt
           to
           the
           maner
           of
           their
           sin
           :
           for
           wheras
           they
           burned
           in
           the
           filthy
           lust
           of
           concupiscence
           one
           towards
           another
           ,
           against
           the
           order
           &
           course
           of
           nature
           ,
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           punish
           this
           vnnatural
           heat
           of
           lust
           in
           thē
           ,
           brought
           a
           supernatural
           fire
           vpon
           them
           :
           &
           as
           they
           delighted
           in
           the
           filthy
           &
           odious
           pleasure
           of
           sin
           ,
           &
           defiled
           themselues
           with
           the
           hellish
           contagion
           of
           impietie
           :
           so
           the
           Lord
           punished
           them
           with
           brimstone
           mingled
           with
           fire
           ,
           that
           as
           their
           sins
           made
           them
           stinke
           in
           the
           nosethrills
           of
           Almighty
           God
           :
           so
           they
           might
           be
           choked
           &
           stifled
           with
           the
           detestable
           stinking
           smell
           of
           brimstone
           :
           &
           
           as
           the
           Lord
           made
           the
           punishment
           of
           this
           people
           suteable
           to
           their
           sinne
           :
           so
           he
           would
           haue
           al
           sinners
           know
           ,
           y
           t
           wherewith
           a
           mā
           sinneth
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           also
           shal
           he
           be
           punished
           :
           for
           it
           was
           not
           vnpossible
           to
           the
           Almighty
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           made
           all
           the
           world
           of
           nought
           ,
           to
           haue
           drowned
           this
           people
           &
           their
           land
           with
           the
           ouerflowing
           streames
           of
           Iordan
           ,
           or
           to
           haue
           deliuered
           them
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           y
           e
           foure
           kings
           ,
           as
           once
           before
           ,
           or
           to
           haue
           sent
           the
           infectious
           &
           noysom
           pestilence
           among
           them
           :
           but
           God
           chose
           rather
           to
           destroy
           thē
           with
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           from
           heauen
           ,
           
           to
           giue
           notice
           to
           all
           posterities
           ,
           y
           t
           as
           they
           sin
           ,
           so
           shal
           they
           be
           punished
           .
           Aarōs
           sonnes
           offred
           strange
           fire
           vpon
           the
           Altar
           :
           &
           therfore
           a
           strange
           fire
           from
           heauen
           destroyed
           them
           .
           Samson
           suffering
           the
           eyes
           of
           his
           mind
           ,
           
           and
           the
           light
           of
           his
           reason
           to
           be
           extinguished
           ,
           was
           for
           his
           punishment
           depriued
           of
           his
           bodily
           eyes
           ,
           and
           lost
           the
           comfortable
           sight
           of
           this
           world
           .
           And
           as
           he
           suffered
           himselfe
           to
           be
           captiuated
           and
           inthralled
           
           to
           the
           wil
           of
           a
           woman
           ,
           so
           was
           he
           made
           a
           slaue
           to
           the
           will
           of
           his
           vncircumcised
           enemies
           ,
           &
           compelled
           by
           them
           to
           grinde
           in
           a
           mill
           like
           an
           horse
           ,
           then
           which
           there
           could
           not
           be
           a
           more
           seruile
           seruitude
           .
           And
           it
           séemeth
           by
           the
           example
           of
           Diues
           ,
           
           that
           in
           hel
           there
           shal
           be
           some
           thing
           in
           the
           torments
           of
           the
           damned
           ,
           which
           shall
           haue
           some
           correspondency
           with
           their
           sinnes
           :
           for
           Diues
           being
           vnmerciful
           in
           the
           world
           while
           he
           liued
           ,
           can
           finde
           no
           mercy
           nor
           compassion
           when
           he
           is
           dead
           ,
           either
           in
           hell
           or
           heauen
           :
           he
           that
           would
           not
           giue
           a
           crum
           of
           bread
           to
           Lazarus
           in
           his
           life
           time
           ,
           cānot
           now
           get
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           to
           coole
           the
           typ
           of
           his
           tongue
           .
           Howsoeuer
           therfore
           there
           be
           generall
           torments
           in
           hell
           for
           the
           damned
           ,
           yet
           it
           should
           séeme
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           some
           particular
           thing
           in
           their
           torments
           ,
           which
           shall
           haue
           some
           semblance
           with
           their
           sins
           ;
           &
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           might
           ,
           to
           their
           greater
           griefe
           ,
           be
           put
           in
           minde
           of
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           those
           tormēts
           .
        
         
         
           The
           third
           &
           last
           reason
           ,
           
           why
           the
           Lord
           from
           heauen
           sent
           downe
           this
           strange
           &
           feareful
           iudgement
           vpon
           these
           cities
           &
           people
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           their
           sinnes
           cryed
           vp
           to
           heauen
           ,
           therefore
           God
           answered
           the
           cry
           of
           their
           sins
           ,
           with
           a
           punishmēt
           from
           heauen
           .
           And
           this
           God
           doth
           ,
           to
           let
           vs
           sée
           how
           sin
           turneth
           heauen
           into
           hell
           ,
           and
           maketh
           the
           mercifull
           Sauiour
           of
           mākind
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           vnmerciful
           destroyer
           of
           mankind
           .
           God
           is
           by
           nature
           a
           preseruer
           of
           men
           ,
           The
           shepherd
           of
           Israel
           ,
           
           A
           refuge
           for
           men
           to
           fly
           vnto
           for
           safegard
           &
           succour
           :
           but
           such
           is
           the
           strong
           effects
           of
           sin
           ,
           and
           so
           strangely
           worketh
           it
           with
           God
           y
           t
           of
           a
           preseruer
           of
           men
           ,
           it
           makes
           him
           a
           destroyer
           of
           men
           ▪
           of
           a
           shepheard
           ,
           it
           makes
           him
           a
           leopard
           ,
           &
           of
           a
           lambe
           a
           lyon
           .
           The
           heauēs
           by
           nature
           giue
           rayne
           vnto
           the
           earth
           in
           due
           season
           ,
           
           to
           make
           it
           fruitefull
           and
           fertile
           ,
           to
           bring
           forth
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           vse
           of
           man
           :
           But
           sinne
           makes
           the
           heauens
           to
           bée
           brasse
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           &
           causeth
           them
           to
           send
           downe
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           ,
           storme
           &
           tempest
           ,
           
           to
           make
           the
           earth
           barren
           &
           fruitles
           ,
           &
           destroy
           both
           man
           &
           beast
           from
           off
           the
           earth
           .
           Most
           miserable
           then
           is
           the
           estate
           and
           condition
           of
           a
           people
           or
           a
           land
           ,
           when
           the
           sinnes
           of
           that
           people
           or
           land
           become
           to
           be
           crying
           sinnes
           :
           for
           in
           vaine
           is
           it
           for
           a
           people
           or
           a
           land
           to
           cry
           for
           mercy
           vnto
           God
           ,
           whē
           their
           sins
           cry
           for
           vengeance
           .
           In
           vaine
           doest
           thou
           hold
           vp
           thine
           hands
           ,
           or
           lift
           vp
           thine
           eyes
           to
           y
           e
           heauens
           for
           fauor
           ,
           when
           thy
           sins
           with
           their
           cry
           haue
           sollicited
           against
           thée
           for
           iudgement
           .
           When
           Ziba
           hath
           once
           accused
           Mephibosheth
           vnto
           Dauid
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           vaine
           for
           Mephibosheth
           to
           excuse
           himselfe
           :
           
           so
           if
           thou
           hast
           practised
           sin
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           it
           now
           beginnes
           to
           cry
           vnto
           heauen
           ,
           God
           that
           is
           in
           heauē
           wil
           heare
           the
           cry
           thereof
           ,
           &
           he
           will
           send
           downe
           some
           strange
           punishment
           or
           other
           vpon
           thée
           to
           destroy
           thée
           .
           As
           Abigail
           therfore
           preuented
           the
           wrath
           of
           Dauid
           ,
           by
           méeting
           him
           before
           he
           came
           at
           her
           husband
           :
           so
           preuent
           thou
           the
           cry
           of
           thy
           sins
           ,
           &
           méete
           God
           with
           thy
           repentance
           ,
           
           before
           the
           cry
           of
           thy
           sinnes
           bring
           him
           downe
           to
           take
           vengeance
           vpō
           thée
           :
           cry
           thou
           for
           mercy
           ,
           before
           thy
           sins
           cry
           for
           iudgement
           :
           stop
           the
           mouth
           of
           thy
           sins
           with
           contrition
           &
           sorrow
           ;
           stil
           their
           cry
           with
           repentance
           &
           amendment
           of
           life
           ;
           &
           as
           Pharaoh
           dealt
           w
           t
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Israelites
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           so
           deale
           thou
           with
           thy
           sins
           ;
           kil
           them
           in
           the
           birth
           ,
           neuer
           let
           thē
           trouble
           the
           house
           with
           their
           cry
           :
           
           so
           shalt
           y
           u
           find
           God
           mercifull
           vnto
           thée
           ,
           &
           the
           heauens
           fauorable
           vnto
           thée
           :
           otherwise
           ,
           if
           thy
           sins
           send
           their
           cryes
           before
           thée
           into
           heauen
           ,
           look
           for
           some
           fearefull
           iudgemēt
           frō
           heauen
           to
           light
           vpō
           thée
           .
        
         
           The
           fourth
           thing
           we
           are
           to
           obserue
           in
           the
           destruction
           of
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           ,
           
           is
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           destruction
           .
           Wherein
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           3.
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           countrey
           was
           destroyed
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           whole
           people
           ,
           man
           ,
           woman
           and
           child
           ,
           old
           and
           young
           ,
           were
           all
           taken
           away
           in
           this
           iudgement
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           all
           that
           grew
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ,
           which
           Tremelius
           calls
           
           
             foetum
             terrae
          
           ,
           the
           brood
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           whatsoeuer
           the
           earth
           brought
           foorth
           or
           nourished
           ,
           was
           all
           destroyed
           in
           the
           destruction
           of
           these
           cities
           .
           Concerning
           the
           countrey
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           it
           in
           two
           respects
           .
           First
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           largenesse
           and
           greatnesse
           of
           the
           countrey
           :
           and
           secondly
           ,
           in
           regard
           of
           the
           excellency
           of
           the
           countrey
           .
           
           The
           largenesse
           of
           the
           countrey
           may
           be
           considered
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           number
           of
           cities
           which
           it
           contained
           ,
           or
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           scite
           and
           circuite
           of
           the
           soyle
           ,
           within
           the
           compasse
           and
           territories
           whereof
           it
           was
           bounded
           .
           Concerning
           the
           greatnes
           of
           this
           country
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           y
           e
           cities
           thereof
           ;
           Moses
           describeth
           them
           to
           be
           fiue
           ,
           Sodom
           ,
           Gomorrha
           ,
           Admah
           ,
           Zeboim
           ,
           Zoar
           ,
           which
           was
           also
           called
           Bela
           :
           of
           these
           fiue
           cities
           ,
           foure
           were
           ouerthrowne
           in
           this
           iudgement
           of
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           read
           ,
           Deut.
           29.23
           .
           
           for
           Zoar
           was
           preserued
           at
           the
           entreaty
           of
           Lot.
           And
           the
           cause
           why
           Sodom
           &
           Gomorrha
           are
           onely
           named
           in
           
           this
           place
           which
           we
           haue
           now
           in
           hand
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           these
           were
           the
           chiefe
           cities
           of
           this
           countrey
           ,
           more
           populous
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           more
           abounding
           in
           wealth
           ,
           and
           more
           abominable
           in
           their
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           then
           which
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           concerning
           the
           generality
           of
           this
           destructiō
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           not
           villages
           ,
           but
           cities
           ,
           not
           one
           or
           2.
           cities
           ,
           but
           4.
           cities
           ,
           not
           4.
           poore
           ,
           base
           ,
           beggerly
           cities
           ,
           but
           foure
           great
           ,
           populous
           ,
           rich
           cities
           ,
           were
           ouerthrowne
           in
           this
           fearefull
           ouerthrow
           ,
           executed
           w
           t
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           thing
           to
           be
           considered
           in
           the
           largenesse
           of
           this
           countrey
           ,
           is
           the
           scite
           and
           circuite
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           was
           ,
           as
           Pliny
           reporteth
           ,
           one
           hundred
           miles
           in
           length
           ,
           &
           25.
           miles
           in
           bredth
           .
           But
           Iosephus
           ,
           whose
           report
           is
           thought
           more
           true
           and
           certaine
           ,
           describeth
           this
           countrey
           to
           bée
           but
           thréescore
           and
           twelue
           miles
           long
           ,
           &
           ninetéene
           miles
           broad
           .
        
         
           Whereby
           we
           gather
           ,
           that
           not
           a
           fewe
           fields
           or
           acres
           of
           ground
           ,
           not
           a
           small
           parcel
           or
           quantity
           of
           ground
           ,
           but
           
           a
           large
           country
           was
           ouerthrowne
           in
           this
           destruction
           .
        
         
           
           Concerning
           the
           excellency
           of
           this
           countrey
           ,
           Moses
           sets
           it
           foorth
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           Gen.
           13.10
           .
           by
           comparing
           it
           to
           the
           Garden
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           land
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           which
           is
           watered
           with
           the
           ouerflowing
           streames
           of
           the
           riuer
           Nilus
           :
           so
           that
           out
           of
           all
           question
           ,
           this
           countrey
           of
           Sodom
           &
           Gomorrah
           was
           a
           most
           goodly
           countrey
           ,
           fertil
           ,
           pleasant
           ,
           &
           delightfull
           ;
           for
           as
           Paradise
           was
           watered
           with
           the
           swéete
           ,
           fresh
           ,
           wholsome
           waters
           of
           Euphrates
           ,
           &
           Egypt
           with
           y
           e
           faire
           ,
           soft
           ,
           sliding
           streames
           of
           Nilus
           :
           so
           this
           land
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           lying
           alōgst
           the
           ouerflowing
           banks
           of
           Iordē
           ,
           might
           wel
           be
           compared
           to
           either
           of
           them
           for
           all
           ●ind
           of
           riches
           ,
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           the
           sins
           of
           this
           countrey
           declare
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           goodly
           ,
           rich
           ,
           pleasant
           countrey
           ;
           
           for
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           prophecy
           of
           Ezechiel
           ,
           the
           sins
           of
           this
           country
           were
           pride
           ,
           fulnes
           of
           bread
           ,
           and
           abundance
           of
           idlenes
           .
           The
           pride
           of
           this
           people
           
           shewed
           their
           riches
           ;
           their
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           ,
           the
           fruitfulnesse
           and
           fertilitie
           of
           the
           soyle
           ;
           and
           the
           abundance
           of
           idlenes
           in
           this
           people
           ,
           shewed
           the
           pleasures
           and
           delights
           of
           the
           countrey
           :
           but
           how
           populous
           soeuer
           this
           countrey
           was
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           cities
           that
           were
           in
           it
           ,
           how
           large
           and
           great
           soeuer
           this
           countrey
           was
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           soyle
           and
           circuit
           of
           it
           ,
           how
           rich
           ,
           fruitfull
           ,
           and
           pleasant
           soeuer
           this
           countrey
           was
           ,
           the
           Lord
           ouerthrew
           those
           cities
           ,
           and
           al
           the
           plaine
           ,
           euen
           the
           whole
           countrey
           ,
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           is
           now
           as
           vnpleasant
           as
           euer
           it
           was
           pleasant
           :
           for
           there
           arise
           such
           filthy
           ,
           and
           foggy
           vapours
           and
           mists
           out
           of
           the
           ground
           ,
           as
           none
           is
           able
           to
           abide
           the
           smell
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           Borchardus
           reporteth
           ,
           the
           neighbour
           mountaines
           are
           made
           barren
           with
           the
           contagion
           thereof
           :
           and
           how
           fruitfull
           soeuer
           it
           was
           before
           the
           desolation
           of
           it
           ,
           vndoubtedly
           ,
           it
           is
           now
           as
           fruitles
           and
           barren
           ;
           the
           waters
           are
           so
           bitter
           and
           vnsauoury
           ,
           that
           nothing
           
           liues
           in
           them
           :
           for
           if
           any
           fish
           doe
           happen
           to
           fal
           into
           the
           waters
           of
           this
           country
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           riuer
           Iordan
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           inundation
           of
           y
           e
           said
           ryuer
           ,
           they
           dye
           presently
           :
           no
           grasse
           growes
           in
           the
           countrey
           :
           Trées
           there
           be
           ,
           which
           beare
           fruite
           ,
           which
           outwardly
           séemeth
           very
           faire
           ,
           but
           within
           y
           e
           rine
           there
           is
           nothing
           but
           dust
           &
           ashes
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           this
           countrey
           is
           now
           as
           desolate
           ,
           as
           euer
           it
           was
           beautiful
           and
           goodly
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           not
           a
           man
           inhabiting
           there
           ,
           no
           creature
           abiding
           there
           ,
           
           not
           a
           cottage
           or
           a
           houell
           standing
           in
           all
           the
           countrey
           :
           for
           the
           Lord
           destroyed
           all
           the
           cities
           ,
           and
           al
           the
           whole
           countrey
           ,
           with
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           .
           Frō
           whence
           we
           for
           our
           instruction
           may
           learne
           and
           know
           ,
           that
           when
           Almighty
           God
           takes
           vengeance
           vpon
           any
           land
           or
           countrey
           for
           sinne
           ,
           he
           respects
           neither
           greatnesse
           ,
           nor
           excellency
           ,
           nor
           goodlinesse
           ,
           nor
           beauty
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           outward
           thing
           whatsoeuer
           :
           A
           fruitfull
           land
           maketh
           hée
           barren
           ,
           a
           populous
           countrey
           makes
           
           he
           waste
           ,
           
           a
           beautifull
           countrey
           makes
           he
           desolate
           :
           and
           all
           this
           he
           doth
           ,
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           people
           that
           dwell
           therein
           .
           Though
           Babylon
           sit
           as
           a
           Quéene
           ,
           and
           saith
           she
           is
           no
           widow
           ,
           neither
           shall
           sée
           any
           mourning
           ,
           yet
           her
           plagues
           shall
           come
           vpon
           her
           in
           one
           day
           ,
           death
           ,
           sorrow
           ,
           and
           famine
           ,
           and
           she
           shall
           bee
           burnt
           with
           fire
           .
           The
           disciples
           woonder
           at
           the
           faire
           and
           goodly
           building
           of
           the
           Temple
           :
           but
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           tells
           them
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           a
           time
           come
           ,
           euen
           the
           time
           when
           God
           should
           visit
           that
           people
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           there
           should
           not
           one
           stone
           be
           left
           vpon
           another
           of
           all
           that
           beautifull
           building
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           bée
           throwne
           downe
           .
        
         
           We
           therefore
           of
           this
           land
           and
           citie
           ought
           to
           take
           this
           Alarum
           ,
           for
           a
           warning
           giuen
           vs
           by
           Sodom
           &
           other
           places
           ,
           most
           excellent
           &
           eminent
           in
           their
           times
           ,
           yet
           al
           destroyed
           &
           ouerthrowne
           for
           their
           sins
           and
           impieties
           :
           for
           though
           England
           be
           a
           Paradise
           for
           pleasure
           ,
           a
           
           storehouse
           of
           wealth
           ,
           and
           a
           rich
           Exchequer
           of
           all
           plenty
           and
           delights
           ;
           And
           though
           London
           be
           the
           Kings
           Chamber
           ,
           the
           seat
           of
           the
           Nobles
           ,
           the
           Mart
           of
           rich
           and
           worthy
           Marchants
           ,
           &
           indéede
           the
           beauty
           of
           the
           whole
           land
           ,
           yet
           if
           God
           once
           visit
           this
           land
           and
           citie
           ,
           for
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           inhabitants
           thereof
           ,
           neither
           this
           nor
           that
           ,
           neither
           the
           largenes
           of
           their
           territories
           ,
           nor
           their
           beauty
           ,
           excellencie
           ,
           riches
           ,
           or
           multitude
           of
           people
           ,
           shall
           excuse
           them
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           make
           them
           as
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           like
           vnto
           Gomorrha
           .
           If
           God
           would
           haue
           spared
           any
           place
           for
           the
           outward
           worthinesse
           of
           it
           ,
           
           he
           would
           haue
           spared
           Zion
           ,
           in
           which
           place
           the
           Lord
           appeared
           in
           perfit
           beautie
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           place
           God
           gaue
           this
           testimony
           ,
           that
           he
           loued
           the
           gates
           of
           Syon
           more
           then
           all
           the
           habitations
           of
           Iacob
           .
           And
           in
           another
           place
           the
           Lord
           hath
           chosen
           Syon
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
           
             This
             is
             my
             rest
             for
             euer
             ,
             here
             wil
             I
             dwell
             :
             for
             I
             haue
             a
             delight
             therein
             .
          
           And
           yet
           this
           place
           is
           so
           defaced
           ,
           spoyled
           ,
           
           and
           ruinated
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           it
           lyes
           abhorred
           &
           desolate
           ,
           being
           a
           cage
           of
           most
           vncleane
           birds
           ,
           and
           a
           filthy
           denne
           of
           Turkes
           ,
           miscreants
           ,
           and
           Infidels
           .
           And
           how
           can
           England
           or
           London
           secure
           themselues
           ,
           or
           promise
           any
           immunity
           of
           Gods
           iudgements
           vnto
           themselues
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           any
           outward
           worthinesse
           or
           excellency
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           séeme
           to
           be
           blest
           aboue
           other
           Nations
           ?
           for
           whensoeuer
           God
           shall
           visit
           this
           Land
           &
           City
           for
           their
           sinnes
           ,
           nothing
           shall
           exempt
           vs
           frō
           his
           iudgements
           ,
           except
           we
           preuent
           them
           by
           repentance
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           generality
           of
           this
           Iudgement
           which
           the
           Lord
           brought
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrha
           ,
           it
           is
           furthermore
           said
           ,
           
           that
           he
           destroyed
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           those
           Cities
           ,
           the
           whole
           people
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           not
           men
           onely
           ,
           but
           women
           too
           ,
           not
           men
           &
           women
           onely
           ,
           but
           men
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           ,
           euen
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           those
           Cities
           perished
           in
           this
           ouerthrow
           ,
           not
           the
           poore
           
           onely
           ,
           but
           poore
           and
           rich
           ;
           not
           the
           base
           and
           inglorious
           Pezant
           ,
           but
           the
           Noble
           and
           honorable
           amongst
           them
           ;
           not
           the
           subiect
           ,
           but
           their
           Kings
           and
           Rulers
           ;
           not
           those
           which
           were
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           but
           all
           that
           were
           in
           the
           cities
           ,
           euen
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           those
           cities
           were
           ouerthrowne
           in
           this
           destruction
           :
           So
           that
           as
           God
           spares
           no
           place
           ,
           for
           any
           respect
           of
           outward
           excellency
           ,
           no
           more
           doth
           he
           spare
           any
           person
           ,
           for
           his
           owne
           worthinesse
           or
           eminency
           :
           but
           when
           he
           brings
           his
           Iudgements
           vpon
           man
           for
           sinne
           ,
           the
           wise
           and
           the
           foole
           perish
           both
           together
           ,
           the
           King
           that
           sits
           vpon
           the
           Throne
           ,
           and
           the
           begger
           that
           sits
           vpon
           the
           ground
           ,
           they
           beare
           both
           a
           part
           ,
           and
           drinke
           of
           the
           same
           cup
           ,
           when
           he
           is
           angry
           .
           This
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           doth
           testify
           vnto
           vs
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Dauid
             ,
             You
             shall
             dye
             like
             men
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             ye
             Princes
             shall
             fall
             like
             others
             .
          
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Ieremy
           tells
           Ieconiah
           King
           of
           Iuda
           ,
           
           that
           
             though
             he
             were
             the
             signet
             of
             the
             Lords
             right
             hād
             ,
             yet
             he
             should
             
             be
             pluckt
             from
             thence
             .
          
           No
           title
           of
           honour
           ,
           eminency
           or
           excellency
           ,
           can
           frée
           a
           man
           from
           Gods
           iudgements
           .
           The
           plagues
           of
           Egypt
           were
           vpon
           Pharaoh
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           vpon
           the
           people
           .
           And
           therefore
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           and
           the
           honorable
           and
           renowmed
           personages
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           must
           not
           flatter
           themselues
           ,
           nor
           suffer
           the
           pompe
           of
           y
           e
           world
           to
           deceiue
           them
           :
           for
           whether
           their
           honour
           and
           dignity
           consist
           in
           authority
           ,
           or
           in
           wealth
           and
           riches
           ,
           
           or
           in
           the
           voluptuousnes
           and
           pleasure
           of
           life
           ,
           none
           of
           these
           can
           frée
           them
           from
           GODS
           iudgements
           :
           Nay
           ,
           if
           we
           marke
           the
           procéedings
           of
           God
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           his
           iudgements
           ,
           we
           shall
           often
           sée
           ,
           that
           the
           mē
           in
           chiefest
           place
           ,
           do
           soonest
           taste
           of
           his
           iudgements
           .
           Ahab
           ,
           king
           of
           Israel
           ,
           was
           first
           slaine
           in
           the
           battell
           at
           Ramoth
           Gilead
           .
           Among
           all
           the
           people
           that
           met
           Iehu
           as
           he
           went
           to
           Izreel
           ,
           we
           read
           of
           none
           that
           was
           slaine
           ,
           but
           the
           2.
           kings
           ,
           Iehoram
           king
           of
           Israel
           ,
           &
           Ahaziah
           king
           of
           Iudah
           .1000
           .
           princes
           
           did
           profane
           the
           golden
           and
           siluer
           vessels
           ,
           which
           were
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Temple
           at
           Ierusalem
           ,
           together
           with
           Belshazzar
           King
           of
           the
           Chaldeans
           ,
           as
           also
           did
           his
           wiues
           and
           concubines
           ;
           yet
           the
           Scripture
           makes
           mention
           of
           none
           that
           was
           slayne
           that
           night
           ,
           but
           onely
           the
           King.
           This
           should
           teach
           Kings
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           are
           of
           note
           and
           place
           ,
           to
           take
           no
           more
           liberty
           of
           sinning
           vnto
           themselues
           ,
           then
           those
           of
           the
           vulgar
           sort
           and
           condition
           :
           for
           they
           are
           as
           subiect
           to
           Gods
           Iudgements
           ,
           as
           the
           meanest
           among
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           wonder
           all
           ye
           that
           read
           this
           History
           ,
           let
           your
           hearts
           melt
           with
           griefe
           ,
           and
           your
           eyes
           be
           resolued
           into
           teares
           of
           sorrow
           ,
           when
           you
           heare
           ,
           that
           not
           onely
           those
           of
           discretion
           &
           yéeres
           ,
           but
           euen
           children
           ,
           
           Infants
           ,
           and
           sucking
           babes
           ,
           that
           hangd
           vpon
           their
           mothers
           brests
           ,
           which
           knew
           not
           their
           right
           hand
           from
           their
           left
           ,
           which
           neuer
           cōmitted
           sinne
           actually
           ,
           were
           also
           
           destroyed
           in
           this
           ouerthrow
           :
           The
           tendernesse
           of
           their
           age
           might
           haue
           pleaded
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           stucke
           to
           their
           mothers
           brests
           ,
           as
           Apples
           to
           their
           trées
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           speake
           ,
           stand
           ,
           nor
           helpe
           themselues
           :
           Their
           innocency
           &
           harmelesse
           simplicity
           might
           haue
           pleaded
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           knew
           not
           their
           right
           hand
           from
           their
           left
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           distinguish
           betwéene
           good
           &
           euill
           ,
           right
           &
           wrong
           ,
           straight
           and
           crooked
           .
           Those
           of
           elder
           yéeres
           had
           iudgement
           ,
           &
           will
           in
           themselues
           ,
           &
           therfore
           they
           were
           iustly
           punished
           for
           their
           transgressions
           :
           but
           what
           had
           these
           infants
           done
           ,
           which
           had
           not
           as
           yet
           attayned
           to
           yéeres
           of
           discretion
           ?
           But
           so
           fierce
           is
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           against
           sinne
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           excuse
           these
           silly
           infants
           :
           for
           the
           Lord
           destroyed
           all
           the
           inhabitants
           of
           these
           cities
           ,
           he
           reserued
           neyther
           man
           ,
           womā
           ,
           nor
           child
           aliue
           .
           Neyther
           was
           there
           any
           cruelty
           or
           iniustice
           in
           God
           ,
           in
           destroying
           the
           childrē
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           together
           with
           those
           that
           were
           of
           elder
           yéeres
           &
           discretion
           :
           
           for
           foure
           reasons
           may
           be
           yéelded
           of
           this
           action
           .
        
         
           
           The
           first
           reason
           why
           the
           infants
           and
           sucking
           babes
           in
           Sodom
           were
           destroied
           aswell
           as
           those
           of
           elder
           yéers
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           the
           branches
           of
           such
           cursed
           trées
           ,
           &
           children
           of
           such
           vngodly
           parents
           :
           for
           howsoeuer
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           speakes
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Ezechiel
           ,
           that
           the
           child
           shall
           not
           beare
           the
           fathers
           sin
           ,
           it
           is
           true
           also
           that
           the
           Lord
           himselfe
           speaketh
           in
           the
           second
           Commandement
           ,
           
             He
             will
             visit
             the
             sinne
             of
             the
             fathers
             vpon
             the
             children
          
           :
           So
           that
           if
           a
           wicked
           and
           vngodly
           man
           beget
           a
           child
           ,
           that
           child
           shal
           not
           beare
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           parents
           spiritually
           ,
           and
           eternally
           ,
           if
           it
           walke
           in
           good
           wayes
           ,
           and
           betake
           it selfe
           to
           holy
           and
           vertuous
           courses
           :
           but
           if
           the
           childe
           of
           vngodly
           parents
           liue
           neuer
           so
           carefully
           and
           conscionably
           according
           to
           Gods
           will
           ,
           yet
           the
           Lord
           will
           visit
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           parents
           vpon
           it
           corporally
           &
           temporally
           ,
           and
           if
           it
           walke
           in
           the
           wayes
           
           of
           the
           parents
           ,
           it
           shall
           beare
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           parents
           eternally
           also
           .
           But
           admit
           that
           a
           childe
           of
           vngodly
           parents
           neuer
           come
           to
           commit
           sinne
           actually
           ,
           the
           Lord
           in
           his
           iustice
           may
           visit
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           parents
           vpon
           that
           childe
           both
           temporally
           and
           eternally
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           that
           the
           parēts
           are
           :
           euen
           as
           the
           Hunts-man
           finding
           a
           litter
           of
           some
           noysome
           &
           obnoxious
           beastes
           ,
           killes
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           neuer
           did
           harme
           ,
           because
           their
           nature
           is
           to
           doe
           harme
           if
           they
           liue
           :
           euen
           so
           ,
           God
           in
           his
           iustice
           may
           destroy
           the
           very
           infants
           and
           sucking
           babes
           both
           temporally
           and
           eternally
           ,
           though
           they
           neuer
           committed
           sinne
           actually
           ,
           because
           their
           nature
           is
           corrupt
           and
           tainted
           by
           propagation
           from
           their
           parents
           .
           But
           you
           will
           say
           vnto
           mée
           ,
           The
           like
           may
           bée
           sayd
           of
           the
           children
           of
           godly
           parents
           .
           No
           :
           For
           the
           godly
           haue
           a
           promise
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           not
           onely
           bée
           their
           GOD
           ,
           but
           the
           GOD
           of
           their
           séede
           also
           :
           
           so
           that
           if
           the
           children
           of
           the
           godly
           dye
           while
           they
           hang
           vpon
           the
           brest
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           wombe
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           hope
           of
           mercy
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           promise
           :
           but
           if
           the
           children
           of
           the
           wicked
           dye
           before
           they
           be
           of
           power
           to
           commit
           sinne
           actually
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           hope
           of
           mercy
           ,
           but
           a
           fearful
           expectatiō
           of
           iustice
           ,
           because
           there
           is
           no
           promise
           of
           mercy
           belōging
           vnto
           them
           .
        
         
           You
           sée
           then
           the
           reason
           ,
           why
           God
           destroied
           those
           infants
           &
           sucking
           babes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           with
           this
           temporall
           iudgement
           of
           fire
           &
           brimstone
           ,
           euen
           because
           they
           were
           children
           of
           vngodly
           parēts
           .
           And
           if
           he
           hath
           destroyed
           them
           eternally
           ,
           he
           hath
           done
           no
           more
           then
           in
           his
           iustice
           he
           might
           ,
           because
           he
           neuer
           made
           promise
           of
           mercy
           vnto
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           reason
           why
           God
           destroyed
           these
           children
           ,
           was
           to
           increase
           the
           griefe
           and
           sorrow
           of
           their
           parents
           :
           for
           commonly
           the
           miseries
           of
           our
           children
           are
           more
           grieuous
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           then
           our
           owne
           miseries
           .
           Dauid
           tooke
           the
           death
           of
           his
           sonne
           Absalō
           so
           heauily
           ,
           
           that
           hée
           wisht
           hée
           had
           dyed
           for
           him
           .
           And
           out
           of
           question
           ,
           when
           this
           people
           saw
           their
           children
           lie
           sprawling
           in
           the
           fire
           ,
           scorcht
           and
           burnt
           with
           the
           heate
           thereof
           ,
           when
           they
           heard
           them
           scréeke
           and
           cry
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           helpe
           them
           ,
           it
           was
           as
           grieuous
           vnto
           them
           ,
           as
           their
           owne
           miserie
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           did
           it
           ,
           euen
           to
           increase
           and
           inlarge
           their
           sorrow
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           reason
           why
           the
           Lord
           destroyed
           these
           children
           ,
           was
           ,
           
           because
           they
           should
           not
           walke
           in
           the
           wicked
           &
           abominable
           waies
           of
           their
           parents
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           had
           liued
           ,
           the
           nature
           which
           they
           drew
           from
           their
           parents
           ,
           would
           haue
           drawne
           them
           to
           the
           sinnes
           of
           their
           parents
           :
           lest
           therefore
           these
           children
           should
           haue
           traced
           the
           sinfull
           steps
           of
           their
           parents
           ,
           the
           Lord
           takes
           them
           away
           in
           the
           same
           destruction
           with
           their
           parents
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           reason
           why
           these
           children
           were
           destroyed
           ,
           was
           ,
           
           because
           GOD
           would
           leaue
           none
           of
           that
           wicked
           brood
           
           to
           remaine
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ;
           there
           were
           ouer-many
           of
           that
           ranke
           already
           :
           
           and
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           roote
           out
           the
           memorie
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           he
           destroyed
           children
           and
           all
           .
           Whereby
           man
           is
           taught
           to
           liue
           holily
           ,
           iustly
           ,
           and
           soberly
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           forasmuch
           as
           a
           man
           is
           not
           wicked
           onely
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           but
           to
           his
           posteritie
           also
           .
           The
           wickednesse
           of
           the
           parents
           lyes
           heauily
           vpon
           the
           children
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           thou
           hast
           no
           regard
           of
           thine
           owne
           soule
           ,
           yet
           haue
           a
           respect
           of
           thy
           children
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           sakes
           cease
           to
           doe
           euill
           .
           
           The
           Prophet
           Esay
           summons
           the
           children
           of
           Witches
           ,
           the
           séed
           of
           the
           adulterer
           and
           of
           the
           whore
           ,
           and
           the
           children
           of
           the
           rebellious
           ,
           hée
           summons
           them
           all
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           layes
           this
           heauie
           iudgement
           vpon
           them
           ;
           
             There
             is
             no
             peace
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
          
           
           
             saith
             my
             God.
          
           It
           is
           a
           fearefull
           thing
           to
           be
           the
           child
           of
           an
           Usurer
           ,
           of
           an
           Adulterer
           ,
           or
           Whore
           ,
           of
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           of
           a
           murtherer
           ,
           of
           a
           blasphemer
           ,
           or
           of
           any
           other
           
           notorious
           wicked
           person
           whatsoeuer
           :
           for
           surely
           God
           will
           visit
           the
           sinnes
           of
           the
           parents
           vpon
           the
           children
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           threatned
           in
           the
           commandement
           ,
           temporally
           ,
           liue
           the
           children
           neuer
           so
           well
           ,
           but
           temporally
           and
           spiritually
           both
           ,
           if
           the
           children
           doe
           walke
           in
           the
           wayes
           of
           their
           parents
           .
        
         
           Last
           of
           all
           ,
           concerning
           the
           generalitie
           of
           that
           destruction
           ,
           which
           the
           LORD
           brought
           vpon
           this
           Countrey
           and
           people
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
           that
           
             Hee
             destroyed
             all
             that
             grew
             vpon
             the
             earth
          
           :
           or
           as
           Tremelius
           hath
           learnedly
           translated
           the
           same
           wordes
           thus
           ,
           
             All
             that
             the
             earth
             brought
             forth
             ,
             and
             nourished
             ,
             all
             cattell
             and
             beasts
             of
             the
             field
             ,
             all
             creeping
             things
             ,
             and
             whatsoeuer
             was
             vpon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             was
             destroyed
             in
             this
             ouerthrow
             .
          
           And
           here
           we
           may
           iustly
           wonder
           at
           the
           iudgements
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           he
           extendeth
           not
           only
           vnto
           man
           ,
           which
           hath
           iudgements
           &
           will
           ,
           nor
           vnto
           babes
           and
           sucklings
           which
           are
           tainted
           with
           
           corruption
           by
           the
           propagation
           of
           nature
           from
           their
           parents
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           vnreasonable
           creatures
           ,
           which
           neuer
           sinned
           ,
           but
           are
           subiect
           to
           vanitie
           against
           their
           willes
           ,
           which
           doe
           not
           offend
           their
           Creator
           ,
           but
           follow
           the
           law
           of
           their
           creation
           ,
           and
           shall
           neuer
           come
           into
           iudgement
           ;
           yet
           these
           creatures
           ,
           as
           void
           of
           sinne
           as
           of
           reason
           ,
           are
           oftentimes
           plagued
           and
           destroyed
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           man.
           Thus
           was
           the
           earth
           cursed
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           Adam
           :
           Thus
           were
           al
           these
           creatures
           destroyed
           with
           the
           floud
           ,
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           that
           age
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           may
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           Pithagoras
           sometimes
           said
           :
           
             
               Quid
               meruistis
               oues
               ,
               placidum
               pecus
               ?
            
             
               Quid
               meruere
               boues
               ,
               animal
               sine
               fraude
               ?
            
          
        
         
           What
           haue
           these
           poore
           sillie
           creatures
           deserued
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           bée
           punished
           ?
           nay
           ,
           destroyed
           ,
           hauing
           neuer
           offended
           ?
           Wée
           are
           the
           sinfull
           wretches
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           workers
           of
           all
           iniquitie
           ,
           deseruing
           not
           to
           be
           scourged
           with
           rods
           ,
           but
           with
           Scorpions
           :
           We
           
           (
           I
           say
           )
           being
           onely
           nocent
           ,
           cause
           innocencie
           it selfe
           to
           be
           punished
           for
           our
           transgressions
           .
           Behold
           then
           ,
           O
           sinfull
           man
           ,
           thine
           owne
           vngraciousnesse
           ,
           thou
           doest
           not
           only
           procure
           vengeance
           to
           thy selfe
           by
           thy
           sinne
           ,
           but
           to
           euery
           thing
           else
           that
           doth
           serue
           thy
           sinfull
           vse
           .
           Man
           by
           his
           creation
           is
           a
           Lord
           ,
           and
           a
           high
           commander
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ;
           for
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Psalme
           ,
           
           he
           hath
           dominion
           ouer
           all
           the
           workes
           of
           God
           ,
           all
           things
           are
           put
           in
           subiection
           vnder
           his
           feet
           ,
           all
           sheepe
           and
           oxen
           ,
           yea
           and
           the
           beastes
           of
           the
           field
           ,
           the
           birdes
           of
           the
           ayre
           ,
           the
           fishes
           of
           the
           sea
           ,
           and
           whatsoeuer
           walketh
           thorow
           the
           pathes
           of
           the
           seas
           :
           So
           that
           man
           in
           reason
           should
           content
           himselfe
           with
           this
           dominion
           and
           Lordship
           which
           he
           hath
           ouer
           the
           creatures
           ,
           and
           not
           séeke
           and
           procure
           the
           destruction
           of
           them
           :
           Man
           should
           satisfie
           himselfe
           with
           the
           vse
           and
           commoditie
           of
           these
           creatures
           ,
           and
           not
           seeke
           the
           ruine
           and
           wracke
           of
           these
           poore
           bond-seruants
           ,
           both
           by
           ill
           intreating
           
           them
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           by
           prouoking
           God
           with
           his
           sinne
           ,
           to
           plague
           ,
           punish
           ,
           and
           destroy
           them
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           prouidence
           of
           God
           doth
           restraine
           these
           silly
           dumbe
           creatures
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           maruell
           ,
           that
           they
           doe
           not
           break
           their
           league
           with
           man
           ,
           and
           shake
           off
           the
           yoke
           of
           obedience
           toward
           him
           :
           It
           is
           a
           maruell
           that
           y
           e
           earth
           doth
           not
           rent
           in
           sunder
           vnder
           man
           ,
           as
           he
           walkes
           vpon
           it
           ,
           séeing
           it
           is
           so
           plagued
           with
           barrennesse
           for
           the
           sinne
           of
           man
           :
           It
           is
           a
           maruell
           ,
           that
           our
           oxen
           and
           our
           horses
           ,
           with
           their
           hornes
           and
           hooues
           ,
           doe
           not
           make
           warre
           against
           vs
           ,
           séeing
           we
           are
           such
           vnrighteous
           &
           tyrannicall
           Lords
           ouer
           them
           ,
           not
           content
           to
           haue
           their
           vse
           and
           seruice
           ,
           except
           wée
           plague
           them
           besides
           into
           such
           vndeserued
           vengeance
           of
           GODS
           wrath
           by
           our
           sinnes
           and
           transgressions
           .
           Let
           vs
           therefore
           forbeare
           and
           eschew
           sinne
           ,
           and
           flye
           from
           it
           ,
           as
           from
           a
           Serpent
           ,
           séeing
           by
           it
           wée
           doe
           not
           onely
           draw
           downe
           Gods
           heauy
           iudgements
           vpon
           
           our
           heads
           ,
           but
           also
           wée
           plague
           our
           posteritie
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           dumbe
           and
           vnreasonable
           creatures
           into
           the
           wrath
           of
           Gods
           vengeance
           ,
           by
           our
           sinnes
           and
           transgressions
           .
           And
           let
           vs
           further
           learne
           the
           perfect
           hatred
           of
           GOD
           against
           sinne
           ,
           who
           doth
           not
           onely
           punish
           it
           in
           mā
           which
           committeth
           it
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           things
           which
           any
           way
           serue
           man
           in
           his
           sinfull
           courses
           :
           and
           let
           vs
           estéeme
           no
           sinne
           small
           ,
           séeing
           the
           infinite
           maiestie
           of
           God
           is
           offended
           by
           it
           ,
           infinite
           torments
           are
           prepared
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           nothing
           can
           satisfie
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           the
           inestimable
           price
           of
           Christes
           blood
           ,
           applyed
           to
           the
           conscience
           by
           a
           true
           and
           liuely
           faith
           .
        
         
           Now
           it
           remaines
           ,
           
           that
           in
           the
           last
           place
           we
           examine
           the
           cause
           ,
           why
           the
           Lord
           brought
           such
           a
           fearefull
           destruction
           vpon
           this
           land
           and
           people
           .
           There
           must
           néeds
           be
           some
           great
           cause
           ,
           that
           did
           exasperate
           the
           Lord
           to
           execute
           such
           a
           fierce
           &
           strange
           iudgemēt
           vpon
           them
           .
           The
           cause
           is
           not
           hard
           to
           be
           found
           out
           :
           
           for
           nothing
           doth
           separate
           man
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           sinne
           ;
           nothing
           doth
           prouoke
           God
           to
           punish
           ,
           plague
           and
           destroy
           man
           ,
           but
           sin
           ;
           nothing
           doth
           draw
           downe
           the
           iudgements
           of
           God
           vpon
           man
           ,
           but
           sinne
           ;
           and
           sinne
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           mooued
           the
           Lord
           to
           reuenge
           himselfe
           thus
           seuerely
           vpon
           this
           land
           and
           people
           ,
           as
           it
           appeares
           by
           the
           wordes
           of
           Almightie
           God
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           
           
             Because
             the
             cry
             of
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrah
             is
             great
             ,
             and
             because
             their
             sin
             is
             exceeding
             grieuous
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             downe
             now
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord.
          
           Sin
           brought
           death
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           are
           twinnes
           ,
           bred
           and
           borne
           in
           one
           day
           ;
           sinne
           and
           destruction
           are
           Relatiues
           ;
           admit
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           followes
           ;
           death
           and
           destruction
           growes
           foorth
           of
           sinne
           ,
           as
           fruite
           from
           the
           tree
           :
           and
           therefore
           if
           we
           sin
           ,
           we
           may
           surely
           expect
           to
           be
           punished
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           be
           punished
           ,
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           of
           the
           cause
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           safely
           thinke
           with
           our selues
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           our
           sinnes
           .
           Therefore
           as
           we
           haue
           considered
           
           the
           punishment
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           so
           let
           vs
           consider
           the
           sins
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           her
           ouerthrow
           and
           destruction
           .
           The
           Prophet
           Ezechiel
           doth
           make
           knowne
           vnto
           vs
           the
           sinnes
           of
           this
           people
           to
           be
           foure
           ;
           Pride
           ,
           
           
             fulnesse
             of
             bread
             ,
             idlenesse
             ,
             and
             vnmercifulnesse
             towardes
             the
             poore
             .
          
           But
           these
           were
           not
           all
           the
           sins
           of
           Sodō
           :
           for
           the
           Scripture
           layes
           downe
           another
           sinne
           practised
           amongst
           this
           people
           ,
           which
           because
           it
           did
           either
           beginne
           amongst
           them
           ,
           or
           was
           more
           practise●
           amongst
           them
           then
           amongst
           any
           other
           people
           beside
           ,
           deriued
           the
           name
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           holds
           it
           to
           this
           day
           :
           but
           the
           Prophet
           doth
           reckō
           the
           forenamed
           sinnes
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           sinnes
           of
           this
           people
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           the
           principall
           causes
           of
           that
           vnnaturall
           sin
           ,
           which
           wi●h
           the
           cry
           thereof
           brought
           such
           a
           fearefull
           vengeance
           vpon
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           speaking
           of
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           I
           will
           kéepe
           the
           same
           order
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophet
           obserueth
           in
           the
           place
           
           before
           cited
           ,
           
           placing
           Pride
           in
           the
           first
           ranke
           ,
           as
           though
           it
           were
           the
           Ring-leader
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           the
           roote
           from
           whence
           all
           other
           vices
           doe
           follow
           :
           and
           so
           it
           is
           indéed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           called
           the
           Center
           in
           the
           sphere
           of
           mans
           life
           ,
           from
           whence
           are
           drawne
           lines
           to
           the
           circumference
           of
           iniquitie
           .
           If
           a
           man
           haue
           any
           good
           gifts
           or
           qualities
           in
           him
           ,
           pride
           doth
           expell
           and
           abandon
           them
           :
           if
           a
           man
           haue
           none
           ,
           pride
           will
           not
           giue
           place
           for
           any
           to
           enter
           :
           
           and
           the
           first
           thing
           that
           pride
           works
           in
           mā
           ,
           is
           an
           irrespectiue
           care
           and
           an
           incurious
           respect
           of
           God
           ;
           hee
           cares
           not
           for
           God
           ,
           he
           séekes
           not
           for
           God
           ,
           hée
           doth
           not
           trust
           and
           relye
           vpon
           God
           ,
           nay
           ,
           he
           thinkes
           alwayes
           there
           is
           no
           God
           ;
           for
           the
           obiect
           of
           his
           pride
           is
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           in
           it
           he
           doth
           trust
           ,
           vpon
           it
           he
           doth
           relye
           ,
           and
           he
           sets
           it
           vp
           as
           an
           Idoll
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           eyes
           and
           view
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           all
           men
           may
           applaud
           ,
           admire
           ,
           honour
           and
           magnifie
           it
           :
           as
           if
           a
           man
           be
           proude
           
           of
           his
           Nobilitie
           ,
           of
           his
           dignitie
           and
           greatnesse
           ,
           of
           his
           wealth
           and
           riches
           ,
           of
           his
           credit
           and
           estimation
           ,
           of
           his
           learning
           and
           wisdome
           ,
           of
           his
           apparel
           ,
           of
           his
           costly
           and
           goodly
           buildings
           ,
           or
           whatsoeuer
           else
           is
           the
           obiect
           of
           his
           pride
           ,
           he
           doth
           not
           onely
           set
           his
           heart
           vpon
           it
           himselfe
           ,
           séeking
           all
           meanes
           to
           vphold
           and
           maintaine
           it
           ,
           deriuing
           all
           his
           ioy
           and
           contentment
           from
           it
           ,
           depending
           vpon
           it
           as
           vpon
           the
           staffe
           and
           stay
           of
           his
           strength
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           haue
           all
           other
           men
           likewise
           to
           commit
           Idolatry
           with
           it
           :
           and
           as
           the
           finger
           is
           alwayes
           where
           the
           paine
           is
           ,
           and
           the
           eye
           where
           the
           affectiō
           is
           :
           so
           is
           the
           heart
           of
           a
           proud
           man
           alwayes
           setled
           &
           fixed
           vpon
           y
           e
           thing
           whereof
           he
           is
           proud
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           true
           that
           Dauid
           speaks
           of
           him
           ;
           he
           cares
           not
           for
           God
           ,
           
           he
           séekes
           not
           for
           God
           ,
           &
           he
           thinks
           alwayes
           there
           is
           no
           God
           :
           &
           as
           he
           is
           thus
           careles
           &
           inrespectiue
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           is
           he
           most
           iniurious
           to
           his
           neighbor
           ,
           in
           scorning
           ,
           disdaining
           ,
           despising
           ,
           &
           vildly
           estéeming
           him
           .
           
           
             Superbus
             nes●at
             esse
             socius
          
           :
           
           A
           proud
           man
           acknowledgeth
           none
           to
           be
           his
           equall
           .
           A
           proud
           man
           is
           alwayes
           contentious
           ,
           and
           by
           reason
           he
           is
           wholy
           possest
           with
           selfe-loue
           ,
           a
           man
           shall
           neuer
           haue
           iustice
           at
           his
           hāds
           :
           for
           which
           cause
           ,
           Moses
           gaue
           warning
           to
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           
           not
           to
           chuse
           a
           King
           ,
           that
           should
           lift
           vp
           his
           heart
           aboue
           his
           brethren
           :
           for
           when
           the
           chiefe
           Magistrate
           is
           proud
           and
           haughty
           ,
           all
           iustice
           and
           iudgement
           is
           peruerted
           ,
           &
           he
           gouerns
           all
           things
           after
           the
           rule
           of
           his
           owne
           proud
           conceyts
           :
           And
           euen
           as
           when
           a
           man
           winnoweth
           wheate
           ,
           the
           chaffe
           mounts
           aloft
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           light
           and
           vnprofitable
           ,
           but
           the
           wheate
           falls
           downe
           vnto
           the
           groūd
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           more
           precious
           and
           excellent
           then
           the
           chaffe
           :
           euē
           so
           ,
           when
           a
           proud
           man
           sits
           in
           gouernment
           ,
           vanity
           is
           preferred
           ,
           but
           iustice
           and
           iudgement
           are
           depressed
           .
           
           Dauid
           complayneth
           of
           the
           proud
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           him
           excéedingly
           in
           derision
           :
           and
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           that
           they
           imagined
           a
           lye
           
           against
           him
           :
           noting
           vnto
           vs
           thereby
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           they
           scorne
           and
           disdayne
           all
           men
           ;
           and
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           that
           they
           wrong
           ,
           maligne
           ,
           and
           deale
           vniustly
           with
           euery
           man.
           Thus
           is
           a
           proud
           man
           foūd
           impious
           towards
           God
           ,
           iniurious
           to
           his
           neighbour
           ,
           
           not
           capable
           to
           receyue
           any
           good
           gifts
           or
           graces
           ,
           as
           a
           certain
           Philosopher
           told
           Alexander
           ,
           perceyuing
           his
           pride
           ,
           God
           (
           sayd
           he
           )
           is
           able
           to
           giue
           wisdome
           vnto
           men
           ,
           but
           Alexander
           is
           so
           proud
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           place
           for
           wisdome
           to
           take
           place
           in
           him
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           a
           proud
           man
           is
           in
           danger
           to
           lose
           those
           good
           gifts
           and
           qualities
           which
           hée
           already
           hath
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           old
           prouerbe
           ,
           
             Inficit
             egregios
             adiuncta
             superbia
             mores
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           pride
           is
           ,
           there
           all
           excellent
           conditions
           are
           infected
           and
           poysoned
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           eyther
           dye
           ,
           or
           grow
           so
           weake
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           able
           to
           performe
           any
           good
           office
           or
           duety
           .
        
         
         
           
           This
           made
           Dauid
           pray
           ,
           
             Let
             not
             the
             foot
             of
             pride
             come
             against
             mee
          
           :
           for
           well
           he
           was
           assured
           ,
           that
           if
           pride
           set
           in
           a
           foot
           against
           him
           ,
           hee
           should
           haue
           extreme
           wrong
           offered
           him
           .
           Pride
           then
           being
           one
           of
           the
           sins
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           religion
           there
           ,
           no
           séeking
           after
           God
           ,
           nor
           any
           care
           of
           his
           worship
           or
           seruice
           ,
           neither
           was
           there
           any
           iustice
           ,
           iudgement
           ,
           or
           equitie
           in
           the
           land
           ,
           but
           all
           kinde
           of
           oppression
           and
           wrong
           ,
           all
           grace
           &
           goodnesse
           was
           exiled
           thence
           ,
           neither
           was
           there
           any
           place
           for
           vertue
           &
           godlinesse
           in
           that
           place
           :
           and
           therefore
           no
           maruel
           it
           was
           ,
           if
           God
           brought
           such
           a
           fearefull
           destruction
           vpon
           such
           a
           proude
           place
           and
           people
           ;
           for
           pride
           brings
           alwayes
           destruction
           with
           it
           ,
           as
           Salomon
           saith
           ,
           
             Pride
             goes
             before
             destructiō
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             an
             high
             minde
             before
             a
             fall
             .
          
           So
           that
           a
           man
           is
           neuer
           néere
           a
           mischiefe
           ,
           till
           hée
           grow
           proud
           :
           for
           thē
           he
           procures
           Gods
           hatred
           towards
           him
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           y
           e
           Prophet
           ,
           
           
             The
             Lord
             hath
             sworne
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             
             I
             hate
             the
             excellency
             of
             Iacob
             .
          
           And
           this
           hatred
           that
           God
           beares
           against
           pride
           ,
           
           prouoketh
           him
           to
           resist
           the
           proud
           ,
           to
           crosse
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           sundry
           meanes
           to
           reuenge
           himselfe
           vpon
           them
           .
           
           
             This
             shall
             they
             haue
             for
             their
             pride
             ,
          
           sayth
           the
           Prophet
           .
           The
           Lord
           will
           be
           terrible
           vnto
           them
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           threatned
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Ieremy
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Behold
             ,
             I
             come
             vnto
             thee
             ,
          
           
           
             O
             proud
             man
          
           :
           And
           ,
           
             The
             proud
             shall
             stumble
             and
             fall
             ,
             and
             none
             shall
             raise
             him
             vp
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             kindle
             a
             fire
             in
             his
             cityes
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             deuoure
             all
             about
             him
             .
          
           All
           these
           threatnings
           against
           pride
           ,
           did
           the
           LORD
           bring
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           her
           Cityes
           ,
           in
           such
           sort
           as
           they
           are
           héere
           remembred
           ,
           for
           an
           example
           vnto
           all
           posterityes
           :
           the
           same
           threatnings
           he
           will
           likewise
           bring
           vpon
           all
           those
           that
           are
           infected
           with
           it
           .
           
        
         
           The
           second
           sinne
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           was
           fulnes
           of
           bread
           .
           By
           bread
           is
           signified
           all
           such
           meats
           &
           drinks
           as
           are
           vsed
           for
           the
           
           nutriment
           of
           the
           body
           ,
           which
           this
           people
           of
           Sodom
           did
           vse
           with
           such
           saturity
           ,
           and
           ingurgitation
           ,
           as
           did
           not
           relieue
           nature
           ,
           but
           destroy
           Grace
           :
           Nature
           is
           content
           with
           a
           little
           ,
           Grace
           with
           lesse
           ;
           but
           where
           this
           fulnesse
           and
           repletion
           of
           bread
           is
           ,
           there
           nature
           is
           depraued
           ,
           and
           grace
           destroyed
           .
           This
           sinne
           is
           the
           baite
           which
           the
           diuell
           vseth
           ,
           
           to
           prouoke
           men
           to
           yéeld
           vnto
           all
           his
           temptations
           ;
           for
           as
           the
           Faulconer
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           call
           his
           Hawke
           to
           his
           fist
           ,
           doth
           not
           hold
           out
           his
           bare
           fist
           vnto
           her
           ,
           but
           sheweth
           her
           a
           piece
           of
           flesh
           ,
           vnto
           which
           shee
           willingly
           comes
           ,
           and
           so
           is
           taken
           :
           so
           the
           deuill
           ,
           when
           he
           would
           tempt
           a
           man
           to
           any
           sinne
           ,
           he
           offers
           him
           the
           baite
           of
           deliciousnesse
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           more
           the
           body
           is
           repleate
           ,
           the
           more
           emptie
           is
           the
           soule
           of
           all
           grace
           and
           goodnesse
           .
           One
           cause
           why
           Diues
           was
           so
           vnmercifull
           towards
           poore
           Lazarus
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           fared
           deliciously
           euery
           day
           ;
           for
           a
           full
           belly
           is
           neuer
           touched
           with
           
           the
           féeling
           of
           others
           miseries
           .
           The
           cause
           why
           the
           Israelites
           were
           not
           sorry
           for
           the
           affliction
           of
           Ioseph
           ,
           
           nor
           pitied
           the
           distressed
           estate
           of
           their
           brethren
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           ate
           the
           lambs
           of
           the
           flocke
           ,
           and
           the
           calues
           of
           the
           stall
           ,
           and
           drunke
           their
           wine
           in
           bowles
           .
           The
           cause
           why
           euery
           man
           among
           them
           neyed
           after
           his
           neighbours
           wife
           ,
           was
           ,
           
           because
           they
           did
           rise
           in
           the
           morning
           like
           fed
           horses
           .
           And
           the
           cause
           why
           they
           committed
           idolatry
           ,
           and
           worshipped
           the
           golden
           calues
           which
           Aaron
           made
           them
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           cram'd
           themselues
           excessiuely
           with
           meat
           &
           drinke
           ,
           and
           that
           made
           them
           forget
           God
           ,
           which
           had
           done
           so
           great
           things
           for
           them
           .
           Whereby
           it
           is
           euident
           ,
           that
           the
           repletion
           of
           the
           belly
           is
           the
           confusion
           of
           the
           soule
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           deuill
           hath
           the
           greatest
           aduantage
           against
           vs
           to
           tempt
           vs
           ,
           and
           wee
           the
           least
           strength
           to
           withstand
           him
           in
           this
           repletion
           and
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           :
           
           therefore
           Dauid
           calleth
           the
           table
           of
           delicious
           féeders
           ,
           a
           
           snare
           :
           for
           euen
           as
           birds
           are
           caught
           in
           that
           place
           where
           they
           come
           to
           féed
           :
           euen
           so
           are
           they
           that
           fare
           deliciously
           ,
           caught
           in
           the
           Deuils
           net
           ,
           whiles
           they
           féed
           .
           
           For
           this
           cause
           ,
           the
           Wise
           man
           forbids
           vs
           to
           bée
           companions
           with
           those
           which
           cramme
           themselues
           with
           flesh
           ,
           lest
           by
           eating
           and
           drinking
           excessiuely
           ,
           we
           giue
           the
           deuil
           aduantage
           to
           tempt
           vs
           to
           some
           grieuous
           sinne
           .
           And
           in
           like
           maner
           did
           Almighty
           God
           forbid
           the
           Prophet
           to
           go
           into
           y
           e
           house
           of
           feasting
           ,
           
           to
           sit
           there
           to
           eate
           and
           drinke
           :
           for
           as
           he
           saith
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           
           When
           men
           are
           filled
           ,
           their
           hearts
           are
           exalted
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           forget
           God.
           And
           as
           this
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           plungeth
           the
           soule
           into
           many
           inexplicable
           dangers
           ,
           &
           makes
           it
           subiect
           to
           diuers
           temptations
           :
           so
           is
           this
           vnmeasurable
           féeding
           hurtfull
           &
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           body
           :
           for
           when
           the
           stomake
           receiueth
           such
           aboundance
           ,
           &
           so
           many
           kindes
           of
           meat
           and
           drink
           ,
           it
           is
           oppressed
           rather
           then
           relieued
           .
           Therefore
           saith
           Salomon
           ,
           
           that
           
             the
             saciety
             of
             the
             
             rich
             will
             not
             suffer
             him
             to
             sleepe
          
           :
           his
           body
           is
           so
           distempered
           by
           his
           féeding
           ,
           that
           his
           quiet
           rest
           departeth
           from
           him
           .
           We
           estéem
           the
           goodnes
           of
           a
           medicine
           ,
           
           not
           by
           the
           pleasantnes
           ,
           nor
           by
           y
           e
           great
           quantity
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           wholesome
           &
           good
           operation
           of
           it
           :
           so
           ought
           we
           to
           estéeme
           of
           meat
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           deliciousnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           nor
           by
           the
           abundance
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           health
           it
           bringeth
           to
           our
           bodyes
           .
           Nothing
           bréeds
           a
           surfet
           sooner
           ,
           then
           this
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           ;
           &
           out
           of
           all
           doubt
           ,
           this
           vnmeasureable
           féeding
           hath
           brought
           many
           to
           an
           vntimely
           death
           .
           If
           therefore
           thou
           wilt
           kéepe
           thy
           body
           in
           health
           ,
           vse
           thy
           meat
           and
           drinke
           as
           thou
           vsest
           medicines
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           seldome
           and
           in
           small
           measure
           :
           
           for
           in
           fiue
           things
           doe
           wée
           especially
           offend
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           when
           wee
           make
           it
           our
           first
           worke
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           being
           no
           sooner
           out
           of
           our
           beds
           ,
           but
           our
           minde
           is
           vpon
           our
           meat
           ;
           for
           which
           cause
           Salomon
           denounceth
           a
           wo
           vnto
           that
           land
           ,
           
           whose
           Princes
           eat
           in
           the
           morning
           :
           for
           such
           as
           eate
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           are
           fit
           for
           nothing
           all
           the
           day
           after
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           wée
           offend
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           too
           curious
           and
           nice
           in
           our
           dyet
           ,
           not
           contenting
           our selues
           with
           ordinary
           and
           common
           meates
           and
           drinkes
           ,
           but
           longing
           after
           strange
           and
           vnusuall
           things
           ,
           and
           those
           must
           be
           most
           costly
           and
           curiously
           drest
           :
           this
           was
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           Israelites
           ,
           
           which
           loathing
           Manna
           ,
           desired
           flesh
           for
           their
           lust
           :
           for
           which
           curiositie
           of
           theirs
           ,
           God
           destroyed
           them
           ,
           euen
           whiles
           the
           meat
           was
           in
           their
           mouthes
           .
           
           And
           the
           Emperour
           Augustus
           did
           cause
           one
           Erotes
           ,
           a
           Lieutenant
           in
           Egypt
           ,
           to
           bée
           naild
           to
           the
           mast
           of
           a
           ship
           ,
           because
           hée
           bought
           a
           Partridge
           and
           ate
           it
           .
           And
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           noteth
           curious
           féeding
           ,
           as
           a
           fault
           in
           the
           rich
           Glutton
           ,
           euen
           because
           he
           fared
           deliciously
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           sinne
           in
           eating
           &
           drinking
           ,
           is
           ,
           when
           we
           eate
           and
           drinke
           without
           measure
           ,
           not
           respecting
           what
           will
           
           suffice
           nature
           .
           Our
           Tables
           are
           called
           mensae
           ,
           as
           some
           thinke
           ,
           a
           mensura
           ,
           to
           teach
           vs
           to
           measure
           our
           appetite
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           eat
           &
           drinke
           vnmeasurably
           ;
           for
           euen
           as
           that
           raine
           ,
           which
           comes
           downe
           méekely
           and
           gently
           vpon
           the
           earth
           ,
           doth
           most
           good
           ,
           and
           makes
           the
           earth
           most
           fruitfull
           :
           so
           that
           meate
           which
           is
           taken
           in
           measure
           ,
           doth
           most
           benefit
           the
           body
           and
           soule
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           measure
           wée
           must
           obserue
           ,
           wée
           must
           not
           eat
           much
           ,
           but
           rather
           for
           necessitie
           then
           for
           lust
           ;
           then
           we
           must
           not
           eate
           nor
           drinke
           often
           :
           and
           lastly
           ,
           wee
           must
           not
           eate
           nor
           drinke
           of
           diuers
           and
           sundry
           sorts
           :
           for
           all
           these
           things
           doe
           make
           our
           eating
           and
           drinking
           sinfull
           and
           hurtfull
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           we
           offend
           in
           this
           kinde
           ,
           
           when
           we
           study
           and
           deuise
           what
           to
           eate
           or
           drinke
           .
           These
           persons
           are
           compared
           to
           those
           beasts
           ,
           which
           are
           alwayes
           either
           eating
           or
           chewing
           the
           cud
           :
           so
           these
           persons
           are
           either
           alwayes
           eating
           ,
           or
           deuising
           what
           to
           
           eate
           .
           This
           was
           the
           sinne
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Hely
           ;
           
           they
           were
           not
           content
           with
           those
           parts
           of
           the
           sacrifice
           which
           the
           Law
           had
           prouided
           for
           them
           ,
           but
           they
           found
           out
           new
           deuices
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           they
           would
           haue
           sodden
           flesh
           ,
           &
           sometime
           they
           would
           haue
           raw
           ,
           sometime
           without
           fat
           ,
           and
           sometime
           fat
           and
           all
           .
           These
           deuisers
           are
           they
           ,
           that
           make
           their
           belly
           their
           God.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           we
           offend
           in
           eating
           &
           drinking
           ,
           when
           wee
           gréedily
           deuoure
           the
           creatures
           like
           dogs
           ,
           which
           haue
           it
           no
           sooner
           in
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           down
           their
           throats
           .
           This
           was
           y
           e
           sin
           of
           Esau
           ,
           who
           comming
           hungry
           from
           hunting
           ,
           
           desired
           his
           brother
           to
           féed
           him
           quickly
           ,
           or
           to
           suffer
           him
           to
           deuoure
           those
           red
           pottage
           .
           But
           he
           had
           better
           haue
           taken
           more
           leysure
           ,
           and
           eaten
           more
           aduisedly
           :
           for
           he
           lost
           the
           prerogatiue
           of
           his
           birth-right
           by
           his
           gréedinesse
           .
           And
           because
           man
           should
           not
           deuoure
           his
           meat
           and
           drinke
           with
           gréedinesse
           ,
           Nature
           hath
           giuen
           man
           a
           lesse
           mouth
           ,
           
           then
           many
           creatures
           which
           are
           lesse
           then
           he
           ;
           to
           teach
           man
           by
           so
           small
           a
           receptacle
           ,
           to
           receiue
           his
           meate
           &
           drinke
           with
           time
           and
           leysure
           .
        
         
           Thus
           haue
           we
           heard
           the
           fiue
           things
           ,
           wherein
           wee
           offend
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           is
           such
           a
           grieuous
           sinne
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           hee
           hath
           sworne
           hee
           will
           neuer
           purge
           it
           .
           And
           the
           reason
           is
           ,
           
           because
           we
           are
           called
           to
           other
           duties
           .
           
             Non
             nati
             sumus
             ad
             libidinem
             ,
             hoc
             possimus
             facere
             ,
             sed
             non
             est
             opus
             nostrum
          
           :
           Wée
           are
           not
           borne
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           neither
           do
           we
           liue
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           giue
           our selues
           to
           delicious
           &
           full
           féeding
           ,
           to
           feasting
           and
           banquetting
           ,
           nor
           to
           fulfill
           our
           owne
           lusts
           and
           desires
           ;
           wée
           may
           doe
           these
           things
           ,
           if
           wee
           will
           runne
           head-long
           into
           our
           owne
           mischiefe
           :
           but
           this
           is
           not
           our
           calling
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           that
           wee
           are
           bound
           to
           doe
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           the
           worke
           which
           we
           are
           commanded
           and
           inioyned
           to
           performe
           :
           and
           
           therefore
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
             Crimen
             laesae
             maiestatis
          
           ,
           a
           capitall
           and
           treasonable
           crime
           for
           an
           Embassadour
           ,
           
           to
           execute
           his
           charge
           contrarie
           to
           the
           limitation
           of
           his
           profession
           :
           euen
           so
           it
           is
           most
           displeasing
           vnto
           Almightie
           God
           ,
           when
           we
           walke
           contrary
           to
           our
           calling
           ,
           crossing
           the
           end
           of
           our
           creation
           .
           No
           maruell
           then
           ,
           if
           Almightie
           God
           tooke
           such
           a
           fearefull
           vengeance
           vpon
           this
           people
           ,
           which
           walkt
           so
           contrary
           vnto
           him
           ,
           filling
           themselues
           with
           bread
           ,
           and
           cramming
           themselues
           with
           flesh
           ,
           when
           indéed
           the
           Lord
           calles
           men
           to
           wéeping
           and
           mourning
           ,
           
           to
           baldnesse
           and
           girding
           about
           with
           sackcloth
           .
        
         
           
           The
           third
           sinne
           of
           Sodom
           and
           her
           people
           ,
           was
           idlenesse
           ,
           which
           was
           twofold
           in
           this
           people
           .
           First
           ,
           they
           gaue
           themselues
           to
           their
           ease
           ,
           to
           vnthriftinesse
           and
           sluggishnesse
           ,
           not
           following
           their
           callings
           laboriously
           and
           industriously
           ,
           but
           liuing
           loosely
           and
           remissely
           ,
           giuing
           themselues
           to
           all
           dissolute
           and
           vnthriftie
           courses
           :
           This
           may
           be
           gathered
           
           out
           of
           the
           19
           Chapter
           of
           Genesis
           ,
           the
           4.
           verse
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           
             all
             the
             men
             of
             the
             Citie
             ,
             euen
             from
             the
             yong
             to
             the
             olde
             ,
             all
             people
             out
             of
             all
             quarters
             compassed
             Lots
             house
             about
             ,
             to
             haue
             the
             mē
             brought
             out
             vnto
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             know
             them
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           may
           be
           gathered
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           an
           idle
           and
           vnthrifty
           company
           ,
           giuing
           themselues
           to
           no
           good
           employment
           ,
           but
           rather
           to
           vaine
           &
           dissolute
           exercises
           .
           The
           second
           kinde
           of
           idlenes
           in
           this
           people
           was
           ,
           a
           careles
           security
           ,
           &
           a
           certaine
           respectles
           regard
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           were
           so
           possessed
           ,
           that
           they
           neuer
           thought
           vpon
           dangers
           ,
           they
           feared
           nothing
           .
           Abraham
           had
           slaine
           y
           e
           fiue
           kings
           ,
           which
           would
           haue
           made
           them
           tributarie
           ,
           hee
           recouered
           all
           the
           spoyle
           ,
           and
           gaue
           it
           to
           the
           King
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           they
           had
           no
           enemie
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           ;
           they
           had
           peace
           &
           plenty
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           liued
           idly
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           securely
           &
           carelesly
           ,
           fearing
           no
           dangers
           ,
           preuenting
           no
           mischiefes
           .
        
         
         
           As
           the
           pride
           of
           this
           people
           prouoked
           God
           to
           resist
           them
           ,
           and
           as
           their
           fulnes
           of
           bread
           gaue
           the
           deuill
           a
           greater
           aduantage
           to
           ouercome
           them
           by
           his
           manifold
           temptations
           ,
           so
           their
           Idlenes
           made
           them
           a
           burthen
           to
           the
           Earth
           :
           They
           were
           a
           coomber
           and
           a
           surcharging
           trouble
           to
           y
           e
           place
           of
           their
           abode
           ,
           liuing
           vnthriftily
           &
           vnprofitably
           both
           to
           themselues
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           land
           where
           they
           dwelt
           .
           
           The
           figge
           trée
           in
           the
           Gospell
           being
           barren
           and
           vnfruitfull
           ,
           is
           sayd
           to
           trouble
           the
           ground
           ;
           so
           those
           persons
           which
           liue
           idly
           ,
           do
           but
           trouble
           the
           world
           ,
           &
           ouercharge
           the
           earth
           :
           for
           which
           cause
           the
           Bée
           driueth
           from
           the
           hiue
           the
           Drone
           ,
           which
           takes
           no
           paines
           ,
           but
           deuoures
           the
           hony
           ,
           which
           others
           by
           their
           great
           labour
           do
           get
           &
           bring
           in
           ;
           teaching
           the
           Magistrates
           of
           the
           earth
           their
           duty
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           to
           correct
           ,
           with
           all
           sharpnes
           of
           discipline
           ,
           those
           vnthrifty
           and
           vnseruiceable
           Drones
           ,
           which
           liue
           idly
           in
           the
           common
           wealth
           ,
           trifling
           out
           their
           time
           in
           
           continuall
           lazines
           ,
           as
           though
           there
           neuer
           had
           a
           law
           bin
           giuen
           to
           the
           sonnes
           of
           Adam
           to
           labour
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           daughters
           of
           Eue
           ,
           with
           the
           sweat
           of
           their
           browes
           to
           get
           their
           liuing
           .
           
           Salomon
           sendeth
           the
           sluggard
           to
           the
           Pismire
           ,
           to
           consider
           her
           wayes
           ,
           and
           to
           learne
           wisdome
           :
           for
           she
           hauing
           no
           guide
           ,
           gouernor
           ,
           or
           ruler
           ,
           prouideth
           meat
           in
           Summer
           ,
           &
           gathereth
           food
           in
           haruest
           .
           Man
           therfore
           may
           be
           much
           ashamed
           of
           himselfe
           ,
           that
           hauing
           reason
           to
           guide
           him
           ,
           nature
           to
           direct
           him
           ,
           law
           to
           gouerne
           him
           ,
           grace
           to
           rule
           him
           ,
           lims
           strong
           &
           able
           for
           performance
           ,
           yet
           prouideth
           not
           ,
           gathereth
           not
           ,
           laboureth
           not
           ,
           but
           like
           a
           Drone
           consumes
           his
           dayes
           in
           idlenes
           ,
           liuing
           vnprofitably
           and
           vnseruiceably
           both
           to
           himselfe
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           God
           sanctified
           not
           his
           rest
           ,
           before
           he
           had
           finished
           his
           labour
           .
           The
           Angels
           in
           heauen
           attend
           in
           their
           places
           ,
           and
           stand
           before
           their
           Creatour
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           alacrity
           ,
           readinesse
           ,
           
           and
           industry
           fulfill
           his
           will.
           
        
         
         
           
           The
           deuill
           himselfe
           is
           said
           to
           compasse
           the
           earth
           ,
           and
           to
           walke
           about
           ,
           séeking
           whom
           he
           may
           deuoure
           .
           Séeing
           therefore
           God
           ,
           Angels
           ,
           Bees
           ,
           Pismires
           ,
           and
           the
           despised
           wormes
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           do
           all
           of
           them
           in
           their
           kindes
           &
           places
           giue
           themselues
           to
           labour
           :
           Nay
           ,
           séeing
           the
           deuill
           himselfe
           spends
           not
           his
           time
           idly
           ,
           they
           are
           worse
           then
           the
           deuill
           ,
           which
           suffer
           the
           dayes
           of
           worke
           to
           slide
           away
           ,
           without
           labouring
           in
           the
           workes
           of
           their
           vocation
           .
           Idlenes
           ,
           as
           Barnard
           saith
           ,
           
           is
           a
           sink
           of
           all
           lustfull
           and
           lawlesse
           temptations
           .
           What
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           Aegisthus
           became
           an
           Adulterer
           ?
        
         
           In
           promptu
           causa
           est
           ,
           desidiosus
           erat
           .
        
         
           Idlenesse
           was
           the
           cause
           that
           prouoked
           him
           thereunto
           .
           And
           if
           you
           will
           know
           the
           cause
           of
           so
           many
           robberies
           in
           the
           fields
           ,
           ryots
           in
           the
           stréets
           ,
           disorders
           in
           euery
           place
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           all
           these
           &
           many
           more
           inconueniences
           procéed
           and
           grow
           from
           idlenesse
           ;
           for
           euen
           as
           that
           water
           that
           hath
           no
           currēt
           ,
           doth
           in
           
           short
           time
           corrupt
           ,
           &
           become
           offensiue
           :
           so
           that
           body
           or
           mind
           which
           exerciseth
           it selfe
           about
           no
           imployment
           ,
           becomes
           a
           very
           sinke
           of
           all
           lewdnesse
           &
           disorder
           .
           
           Salomon
           went
           by
           the
           field
           of
           the
           sluggard
           ,
           and
           lo
           ,
           it
           was
           all
           growne
           ouer
           with
           thornes
           ,
           and
           nettles
           had
           couered
           the
           face
           thereof
           .
           And
           as
           the
           field
           of
           the
           slouthfull
           is
           couered
           with
           nettles
           and
           thornes
           ;
           
           so
           his
           body
           is
           ouer-growne
           with
           infirmities
           ,
           his
           minde
           corrupted
           with
           the
           infection
           of
           sinne
           ,
           his
           conscience
           destitute
           of
           a
           good
           testimony
           to
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           his
           soule
           voyd
           of
           all
           hope
           of
           eternall
           happinesse
           .
           God
           hath
           placed
           vs
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           as
           labourers
           in
           his
           vineyard
           ,
           as
           souldiers
           in
           his
           campe
           ,
           as
           trauellers
           to
           séeke
           a
           countrey
           to
           rest
           our selues
           in
           ,
           as
           cursitors
           or
           runners
           in
           a
           race
           :
           whereby
           wee
           may
           gather
           ,
           that
           idlenesse
           is
           not
           our
           profession
           :
           for
           we
           cannot
           obtaine
           ,
           except
           we
           run
           the
           race
           :
           we
           cannot
           ouercome
           ,
           except
           wée
           fight
           manfully
           :
           we
           cannot
           haue
           that
           pennie
           ,
           except
           we
           labour
           in
           the
           vineyard
           :
           
           the
           fruitles
           trée
           must
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           fire
           .
           The
           vnprofitable
           seruant
           must
           be
           bound
           hand
           and
           foote
           ,
           and
           cast
           into
           vtter
           darknes
           .
           
           Therefore
           whosoeuer
           rests
           here
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           where
           he
           should
           labour
           ,
           shal
           labour
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           where
           he
           thinks
           to
           rest
           .
           Our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           promiseth
           his
           disciples
           ,
           that
           when
           he
           should
           rest
           ,
           they
           should
           rest
           also
           .
           But
           when
           did
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           rest
           ,
           sayth
           Barnard
           ?
           not
           in
           this
           world
           :
           for
           he
           went
           about
           ,
           doing
           good
           ,
           and
           reioyced
           as
           a
           mighty
           Giant
           to
           runne
           his
           course
           :
           therefore
           his
           disciples
           must
           not
           looke
           to
           sit
           ,
           and
           rest
           them
           in
           this
           world
           .
           It
           is
           a
           shame
           ,
           sayth
           Augustine
           ,
           that
           the
           Sunne
           ,
           whose
           going
           out
           is
           from
           the
           end
           of
           the
           heauen
           ,
           and
           whose
           compasse
           is
           to
           the
           ends
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           should
           take
           any
           man
           in
           his
           bed
           :
           for
           may
           not
           the
           Sunne
           rightly
           say
           to
           such
           a
           sluggard
           ,
           I
           trauelled
           a
           greater
           iourney
           yesterday
           ,
           then
           thou
           didst
           ,
           and
           art
           thou
           in
           bed
           after
           me
           this
           morning
           ?
           It
           should
           séeme
           ,
           that
           in
           
           Iobs
           time
           ,
           
           there
           was
           very
           straight
           order
           taken
           for
           such
           as
           liued
           idly
           ,
           and
           vnthriftily
           :
           for
           they
           were
           chased
           foorth
           from
           among
           men
           ,
           and
           euery
           one
           showted
           at
           them
           as
           at
           a
           théefe
           .
           
           And
           the
           Apostle
           Saint
           Paul
           maketh
           a
           strict
           decrée
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           would
           not
           labour
           ,
           should
           not
           eate
           .
           So
           much
           hath
           Idlenes
           bene
           alwayes
           detested
           among
           good
           men
           :
           &
           therefore
           no
           maruell
           if
           God
           brought
           such
           a
           fearefull
           destruction
           vpon
           Sodom
           ,
           whose
           Inhabitants
           liued
           in
           this
           abominable
           and
           detestable
           sinne
           .
        
         
           But
           this
           people
           was
           not
           onely
           possessed
           with
           a
           carelesse
           and
           secure
           slumber
           of
           Idlenes
           in
           their
           bodyes
           ,
           
           but
           in
           their
           soules
           also
           ;
           they
           did
           not
           onely
           liue
           loosely
           and
           remissely
           in
           their
           ordinary
           vocations
           and
           callings
           ,
           but
           they
           liued
           without
           all
           feare
           of
           any
           imminent
           danger
           ,
           or
           future
           calamity
           that
           should
           fall
           vpon
           them
           for
           their
           wickednesse
           :
           they
           liued
           sinfully
           in
           their
           liues
           ,
           &
           securely
           in
           their
           hearts
           :
           
           Their
           sinnes
           cryed
           for
           wrath
           ,
           but
           they
           cryed
           ,
           Peace
           ,
           peace
           ,
           there
           shall
           no
           harme
           happen
           vnto
           vs
           :
           they
           prouoked
           the
           Lord
           to
           vengeance
           ,
           and
           yet
           they
           promised
           themselues
           safetie
           .
           This
           slumber
           of
           the
           soule
           is
           worse
           then
           that
           of
           the
           body
           :
           for
           it
           is
           a
           present
           forerunner
           of
           destruction
           :
           when
           men
           shal
           say
           ,
           Peace
           and
           safety
           ,
           
           then
           shall
           come
           vpon
           them
           sudden
           destruction
           ,
           as
           trauell
           vpon
           a
           woman
           with
           childe
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           not
           escape
           .
           
           Our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           dehorteth
           vs
           from
           this
           security
           ,
           by
           the
           fearefull
           example
           of
           the
           old
           world
           ;
           for
           whiles
           they
           in
           that
           age
           did
           eate
           and
           drinke
           ,
           and
           buy
           and
           sell
           ,
           and
           marry
           wiues
           and
           were
           marryed
           ,
           the
           flood
           came
           and
           drowned
           them
           all
           :
           so
           if
           wée
           liue
           and
           lye
           snorting
           vpon
           the
           carelesse
           beds
           of
           sinfull
           securitie
           ,
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           will
           come
           suddenly
           vpon
           vs
           and
           destroy
           vs.
           
           For
           this
           cause
           the
           Apostle
           perswadeth
           the
           feare
           of
           the
           Lord
           vnto
           men
           .
           And
           S.
           Peter
           exhorteth
           men
           ,
           to
           passe
           the
           time
           of
           their
           pilgrimage
           here
           
           in
           this
           world
           in
           feare
           :
           and
           Salomon
           pronounceth
           those
           blessed
           ,
           
           that
           liue
           alwayes
           in
           feare
           :
           for
           they
           which
           harden
           their
           hearts
           ,
           shall
           fall
           into
           euill
           .
        
         
           This
           security
           is
           one
           of
           the
           signes
           ,
           
           which
           shall
           goe
           before
           that
           great
           and
           finall
           destruction
           of
           the
           world
           at
           the
           last
           day
           :
           and
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           shall
           come
           as
           a
           thiefe
           in
           the
           night
           ;
           euen
           when
           men
           are
           in
           the
           dead
           sléepe
           of
           sinne
           ,
           then
           shall
           the
           last
           iudgement
           come
           vpon
           them
           .
           Whiles
           the
           Mariner
           sléepes
           at
           the
           helme
           ,
           the
           ship
           is
           soone
           run
           against
           a
           rocke
           .
           
           Iael
           doth
           easily
           strike
           a
           nayle
           in
           the
           temples
           of
           Sisera
           ,
           whiles
           he
           sléepeth
           vnder
           a
           couering
           .
           
           Dauid
           comming
           vpon
           the
           Amalechites
           ,
           &
           finding
           them
           eating
           and
           drinking
           and
           dancing
           ,
           slew
           euery
           man
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           recouered
           all
           the
           spoyle
           .
           So
           when
           men
           feare
           nothing
           ,
           but
           passe
           their
           time
           in
           pleasures
           ,
           delights
           and
           vanities
           ,
           without
           feare
           of
           God
           or
           his
           iudgements
           ,
           then
           doth
           God
           come
           vpon
           them
           suddenly
           ,
           and
           destroyes
           them
           
           without
           mercy
           .
           
           Therefore
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           giues
           euery
           one
           warning
           of
           this
           careles
           security
           ,
           and
           accounts
           him
           an
           ill
           seruant
           ,
           that
           shall
           say
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           My
           master
           doth
           deferre
           his
           cōming
           ,
           and
           so
           beginneth
           to
           eate
           and
           drinke
           with
           the
           drunken
           ,
           and
           smite
           his
           fellow
           seruants
           :
           The
           master
           of
           this
           careles
           and
           secure
           seruant
           shall
           come
           in
           a
           day
           ,
           sayth
           our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           ,
           when
           he
           looketh
           not
           for
           him
           ,
           &
           in
           an
           houre
           that
           he
           is
           not
           aware
           of
           ,
           &
           will
           cut
           him
           off
           ,
           and
           giue
           him
           his
           portion
           with
           Hypocrites
           ,
           where
           shall
           be
           wéeping
           and
           gnashing
           of
           téeth
           .
           Seing
           therefore
           this
           people
           of
           Sodom
           laboured
           of
           so
           dangerous
           a
           Lithargy
           ,
           they
           were
           iustly
           surprised
           with
           so
           strange
           and
           fearefull
           a
           iudgement
           .
        
         
           
           The
           fourth
           sinne
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           was
           ,
           They
           did
           not
           strengthen
           y
           e
           hand
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           they
           were
           vnmercyfull
           ,
           vncharitable
           and
           hard-hearted
           towards
           the
           néedy
           :
           and
           surely
           they
           could
           not
           otherwise
           be
           ;
           for
           a
           proud
           heart
           ,
           a
           full
           belly
           ,
           
           and
           a
           vaine
           ,
           careles
           ,
           idle
           head
           neuer
           regards
           y
           e
           distressed
           estate
           of
           those
           that
           are
           in
           want
           and
           misery
           .
           Other
           sinnes
           prouoke
           God
           to
           wrath
           and
           indignation
           :
           but
           this
           sinne
           prouokes
           him
           to
           deny
           mercy
           ,
           and
           to
           become
           inexorable
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             There
             shal
             be
             iudgement
             merciles
             to
             him
             that
             sheweth
             no
             mercy
          
           And
           the
           reason
           why
           God
           will
           shew
           no
           mercy
           to
           those
           that
           are
           mercylesse
           vnto
           the
           poore
           ,
           eyther
           in
           oppressing
           them
           ,
           or
           in
           not
           relieuing
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           he
           taketh
           all
           vnmercyfull
           and
           vncharitable
           dealing
           with
           the
           poore
           ,
           to
           be
           an
           iniury
           done
           vnto
           his
           owne
           person
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           saying
           of
           
             Salomon
             ,
             He
             that
             oppresseth
             the
             poore
             ,
             reprocheth
             him
             that
             made
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           you
           may
           well
           perceiue
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           wrong
           that
           is
           done
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           the
           LORD
           doth
           take
           it
           as
           done
           to
           himselfe
           :
           for
           in
           euery
           place
           throughout
           all
           the
           whole
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           Lord
           GOD
           doth
           professe
           himselfe
           to
           bée
           
           the
           Gardian
           and
           kéeper
           of
           the
           poore
           and
           néedy
           ,
           
           and
           acknowledgeth
           them
           to
           be
           his
           Wardes
           and
           Pupils
           :
           and
           therefore
           God
           wil
           reuenge
           himself
           in
           iustice
           without
           mercie
           ,
           vpon
           all
           those
           ,
           which
           either
           deale
           vncharitably
           or
           iniuriously
           with
           them
           .
           Whereupon
           the
           Lord
           expostulates
           the
           matter
           with
           his
           people
           ,
           
           and
           demaunds
           of
           them
           ,
           What
           they
           had
           to
           doe
           to
           grinde
           the
           faces
           of
           the
           poore
           ?
           As
           though
           it
           were
           a
           thing
           that
           they
           could
           not
           iustifie
           .
           And
           to
           the
           end
           that
           all
           the
           cruell
           and
           vnmercifull
           of
           the
           world
           might
           know
           ,
           that
           GOD
           will
           not
           suffer
           the
           wrongs
           that
           are
           done
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           to
           escape
           vnreuēged
           ,
           hee
           proclaimes
           it
           to
           the
           world
           by
           the
           Prophet
           Dauid
           ,
           
           that
           
             for
             the
             comfortlesse
             troubles
             sake
             of
             the
             needy
             ,
             and
             because
             of
             the
             deepe
             sighing
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             I
             will
             vp
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             helpe
             euery
             one
             from
             him
             that
             swelleth
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             set
             them
             at
             rest
             .
          
           As
           if
           he
           should
           say
           ,
           Though
           I
           passe
           ouer
           other
           sinnes
           ,
           and
           beare
           with
           
           patience
           other
           indignities
           ,
           
           though
           I
           sit
           still
           and
           winke
           at
           other
           transgressions
           ,
           yet
           when
           the
           case
           concernes
           the
           poore
           ,
           when
           my
           Orphans
           and
           Wards
           are
           wronged
           ,
           then
           I
           will
           vp
           ,
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           I
           le
           beare
           no
           longer
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           reuenge
           their
           cause
           and
           relieue
           them
           .
           For
           which
           cause
           Salomon
           giues
           al
           the
           vnmercifull
           dogges
           of
           the
           world
           warning
           ,
           not
           to
           bite
           nor
           deuoure
           these
           silly
           shéepe
           :
           for
           the
           Lord
           will
           defend
           their
           cause
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           &
           spoile
           the
           soule
           of
           those
           that
           spoyle
           them
           .
           The
           poore
           ,
           saith
           S.
           Augustine
           ,
           are
           Gods
           barnes
           ,
           in
           which
           except
           we
           lay
           our
           earthly
           treasures
           of
           pittie
           and
           compassion
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           shall
           not
           finde
           that
           heauenly
           treasure
           of
           euerlasting
           life
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Many
           and
           fearefull
           are
           the
           plagues
           which
           are
           threatned
           against
           those
           which
           deale
           vnmercifully
           with
           the
           poore
           .
           Their
           prayers
           are
           abominable
           ;
           
           the
           Lord
           will
           not
           heare
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           cry
           vnto
           him
           in
           the
           bitternesse
           of
           
           their
           soule
           .
           
           
             He
             that
             stoppeth
             his
             eare
             at
             the
             cry
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             shall
             also
             cry
             ,
             and
             not
             be
             heard
             .
          
        
         
           In
           which
           words
           ,
           Salomō
           doth
           giue
           vs
           two
           things
           to
           vnderstand
           ;
           first
           ,
           that
           the
           vnmercyfull
           men
           shall
           crye
           ,
           how
           rich
           ,
           how
           honorable
           ,
           how
           potent
           and
           mighty
           soeuer
           they
           be
           ,
           yet
           the
           Lord
           will
           lay
           some
           grieuous
           thing
           or
           other
           vpon
           them
           ,
           eyther
           in
           health
           or
           in
           sicknesse
           ,
           eyther
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           shall
           make
           them
           cry
           ,
           as
           vpon
           their
           death-bed
           :
           the
           guiltynesse
           of
           their
           owne
           conscience
           ,
           the
           feare
           of
           death
           ,
           the
           horrour
           of
           hell
           ,
           and
           dread
           of
           damnation
           .
           If
           God
           lay
           these
           things
           vpon
           them
           ,
           they
           wil
           be
           inforced
           to
           cry
           :
           but
           if
           not
           ,
           yet
           certaynly
           they
           shall
           cry
           in
           hell
           ,
           with
           their
           fellow
           Diues
           ;
           
           for
           cry
           they
           shall
           ,
           as
           Salomon
           sayth
           :
           but
           the
           second
           thing
           is
           ,
           they
           shal
           not
           be
           heard
           .
           The
           Lions
           roare
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           heareth
           them
           :
           The
           young
           Rauens
           cry
           ,
           and
           he
           heareth
           them
           :
           he
           heares
           the
           heauens
           ,
           he
           heares
           the
           blood
           
           of
           those
           that
           are
           murthered
           ,
           and
           indéede
           he
           heares
           all
           things
           ;
           but
           an
           vnmercyfull
           man
           ,
           he
           shall
           cry
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           heard
           .
           Diues
           is
           a
           notable
           president
           to
           all
           those
           that
           are
           dogged
           and
           hard-hearted
           towards
           the
           poore
           ;
           he
           cryed
           not
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           he
           had
           his
           pleasure
           ,
           as
           many
           more
           rich
           men
           haue
           :
           but
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           the
           saying
           of
           Salomon
           proued
           true
           vpon
           him
           ;
           for
           though
           he
           cryed
           not
           in
           this
           world
           ,
           yet
           he
           cryed
           in
           hell
           ,
           I
           am
           tormented
           in
           this
           flame
           .
           But
           was
           he
           heard
           ?
           Alas
           ,
           no
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           haue
           so
           much
           as
           a
           drop
           of
           cold
           water
           graunted
           him
           .
           This
           therefore
           is
           one
           plague
           ,
           and
           a
           fearefull
           one
           also
           ,
           which
           shall
           happen
           to
           all
           vnmercyfull
           ,
           cruell
           and
           vncharitable
           persons
           :
           They
           shall
           cry
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           heard
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           misery
           ,
           that
           shall
           befall
           those
           that
           do
           not
           strēgthen
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           poore
           ,
           nor
           succor
           them
           in
           their
           miseryes
           ,
           is
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           inioy
           y
           e
           things
           which
           they
           chiefly
           desire
           to
           inioy
           ,
           
           their
           present
           hope
           shal
           be
           frustrate
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           think
           thēselues
           to
           be
           the
           surest
           of
           their
           wished
           desires
           ,
           euen
           then
           shal
           they
           be
           depriued
           of
           al
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           shall
           neuer
           sée
           the
           fruites
           of
           their
           labours
           .
           
           This
           doth
           the
           Lord
           threaten
           by
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           Forasmuch
           ,
           he
           sayth
           ,
           
             as
             your
             treading
             is
             vpon
             the
             poore
             ,
             ye
             haue
             built
             houses
             of
             hewne
             stone
             ,
             but
             yee
             shall
             not
             dwell
             in
             them
             ,
             yee
             haue
             planted
             pleasant
             vineyards
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             yee
             shall
             not
             drinke
             wine
             of
             them
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           miserie
           of
           the
           vnmercifull
           ,
           they
           shall
           purchase
           ,
           for
           others
           to
           inherite
           ,
           they
           shall
           builde
           houses
           ,
           for
           others
           to
           dwell
           in
           ,
           they
           shall
           get
           and
           scrape
           together
           ,
           but
           others
           shall
           inioy
           their
           hopes
           ,
           and
           carry
           away
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           labours
           .
           Nabal
           ,
           that
           foolish
           Churle
           ,
           may
           serue
           for
           an
           example
           to
           confirme
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           his
           hard
           ,
           and
           incompassionate
           heart
           denyed
           his
           bread
           ,
           his
           water
           ,
           and
           his
           flesh
           to
           Dauid
           and
           his
           followers
           in
           the
           wildernesse
           .
           This
           
           Nabal
           did
           sheare
           his
           shéepe
           ,
           but
           he
           neuer
           liued
           to
           sell
           his
           wooll
           ;
           he
           made
           a
           great
           feast
           ,
           but
           hee
           neuer
           digested
           his
           meate
           :
           for
           he
           became
           as
           a
           stone
           ,
           and
           dyed
           in
           tenne
           dayes
           after
           .
           So
           shal
           the
           hopes
           of
           all
           the
           vnmercifull
           bee
           frustrate
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           not
           be
           partakers
           of
           their
           wished
           desires
           ,
           but
           leaue
           their
           labours
           for
           others
           to
           inioy
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           
           if
           the
           sinne
           of
           vnmercifulnes
           did
           onely
           prouoke
           God
           to
           inflict
           priuate
           and
           particular
           punishments
           vpon
           men
           ,
           it
           were
           the
           more
           to
           bee
           borne
           withall
           :
           but
           indéed
           it
           procureth
           the
           fierce
           wrath
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           heauy
           iudgements
           vpon
           a
           whole
           land
           ,
           and
           against
           a
           people
           or
           nation
           in
           generall
           :
           For
           so
           the
           Lord
           hath
           threatned
           by
           his
           Prophet
           ,
           
             Heare
             this
             ,
             ye
             that
             swallow
             vp
             the
             poore
             ,
             that
             yee
             may
             make
             the
             needy
             of
             the
             land
             to
             faile
             ,
             shall
             not
             the
             land
             tremble
             for
             this
             ,
             and
             euery
             one
             mourne
             that
             dwelleth
             therein
          
           ?
           So
           that
           ,
           vnmercifull
           men
           do
           not
           onely
           prouoke
           the
           vengeance
           of
           God
           vpon
           
           themselues
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           land
           wherein
           they
           inhabite
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           people
           of
           the
           land
           where
           they
           dwell
           .
           No
           maruell
           then
           ,
           if
           the
           Lord
           God
           brought
           such
           a
           feareful
           and
           strange
           punishment
           vpon
           Sodom
           and
           Gomorrah
           ,
           and
           the
           people
           of
           that
           country
           ,
           séeing
           this
           sinne
           of
           vnmercifulnesse
           was
           rooted
           amongst
           them
           so
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           strengthen
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           poore
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           miserie
           that
           shall
           befal
           vnmercifull
           men
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           last
           and
           dreadfull
           speech
           ,
           which
           shall
           be
           pronounced
           vnto
           them
           at
           the
           day
           of
           iudgement
           ,
           
             Depart
             ,
             yee
             cursed
             ,
             into
             euerlasting
             fire
             prepared
             for
             the
             deuil
             and
             his
             angels
             .
          
           
           Then
           shal
           al
           the
           vnmerciful
           of
           the
           world
           know
           and
           féele
           ,
           to
           their
           wofull
           experience
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           that
           reuengeth
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           poore
           and
           néedie
           .
           Then
           they
           shall
           pay
           deare
           for
           all
           that
           they
           haue
           gotten
           by
           oppressiō
           and
           wrong
           ,
           and
           by
           hard
           and
           vnmercifull
           dealing
           .
           Then
           shall
           they
           haue
           as
           much
           torments
           ,
           as
           euer
           they
           had
           pleasure
           ,
           
           and
           as
           little
           comfort
           ,
           as
           euer
           they
           had
           mercie
           :
           depart
           they
           must
           from
           the
           presence
           and
           fauour
           of
           God
           for
           euermore
           .
           If
           vnmerciful
           and
           vncharitable
           persons
           would
           but
           think
           of
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           spéech
           ,
           of
           such
           a
           departure
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           a
           fire
           ,
           they
           would
           distribute
           and
           giue
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           they
           would
           make
           friends
           of
           their
           vnrighteous
           Mammon
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           they
           might
           be
           receiued
           into
           euerlasting
           habitations
           ,
           and
           not
           thrust
           into
           euerlasting
           fire
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           sinne
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           
           was
           that
           vnnaturall
           sinne
           ,
           which
           taking
           the
           name
           of
           that
           citie
           ,
           hath
           carried
           it
           euer
           since
           ,
           and
           is
           called
           Sodomy
           .
           In
           speaking
           whereof
           ,
           I
           will
           follow
           the
           aduice
           of
           Simmachus
           ,
           who
           saith
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           safest
           ,
           not
           once
           to
           name
           it
           .
           Paul
           had
           not
           knowne
           what
           lust
           meant
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           Law
           said
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             lust
          
           .
           So
           that
           sinne
           tooke
           occasion
           by
           the
           Law
           ,
           
           to
           worke
           concupiscence
           in
           Paul.
           So
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           discourse
           of
           this
           sinne
           ,
           
           you
           might
           haply
           say
           vnto
           mee
           ,
           Wée
           had
           not
           knowne
           what
           this
           sin
           meant
           ,
           if
           you
           had
           not
           taught
           vs.
           Therefore
           Solō
           would
           not
           make
           any
           law
           against
           parricide
           ,
           lest
           ,
           whiles
           he
           went
           about
           to
           represse
           it
           by
           law
           ,
           hee
           should
           teach
           it
           rather
           .
           So
           if
           I
           should
           lay
           open
           this
           sinne
           at
           large
           ,
           I
           should
           rather
           teach
           the
           world
           it
           ,
           then
           doe
           any
           thing
           else
           .
           I
           will
           therefore
           passe
           it
           ouer
           in
           silence
           ,
           as
           not
           worthy
           once
           to
           be
           named
           .
        
         
           
           Thus
           haue
           we
           heard
           the
           destruction
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           cause
           of
           her
           destruction
           :
           and
           now
           it
           remaines
           ,
           that
           wee
           compare
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           the
           sinnes
           of
           England
           together
           :
           For
           ,
           if
           we
           find
           our
           sins
           to
           be
           as
           great
           as
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           we
           haue
           iust
           cause
           to
           expect
           some
           such
           like
           fearefull
           iudgement
           to
           bee
           inflicted
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           as
           was
           vpon
           that
           Citie
           ,
           people
           ,
           and
           countrie
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           concerning
           the
           sin
           of
           pride
           ,
           it
           is
           notorious
           ,
           that
           we
           of
           England
           are
           no
           whit
           inferiour
           to
           those
           of
           Sodom
           
           in
           this
           sinne
           :
           For
           ,
           whether
           we
           consider
           pride
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           the
           botch
           of
           Nobilitie
           &
           Honour
           ,
           or
           the
           leprosie
           of
           riches
           ,
           or
           the
           bile
           of
           apparell
           ,
           or
           the
           scourge
           of
           authoritie
           ,
           or
           the
           madnes
           of
           building
           ,
           or
           the
           bane
           of
           good
           learning
           ,
           certayne
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           pride
           was
           neuer
           at
           such
           an
           height
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           amongst
           vs
           in
           this
           age
           .
           
           The
           Noble
           man
           will
           not
           be
           reproued
           ,
           the
           rich
           man
           must
           not
           be
           mated
           ,
           y
           e
           gay
           coate
           must
           be
           honored
           ,
           authority
           will
           not
           yéelde
           ,
           sumptuous
           building
           must
           looke
           ouer
           the
           whole
           country
           ,
           and
           learning
           makes
           vs
           swell
           aboue
           the
           banks
           of
           modesty
           and
           sobriety
           :
           So
           euery
           one
           thinks
           better
           of
           himselfe
           then
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           euery
           one
           in
           the
           height
           of
           their
           pride
           scorneth
           another
           :
           and
           herevpon
           comes
           those
           dissensions
           ,
           oppositions
           ,
           contentions
           ,
           diuisions
           ,
           enuy
           &
           emulation
           amongst
           vs
           :
           
           for
           as
           Deborah
           sung
           of
           Ruben
           ,
           so
           may
           we
           sing
           of
           our selues
           ,
           The
           diuisions
           of
           England
           are
           great
           thoughts
           of
           heart
           .
           Aske
           the
           poore
           country
           Farmer
           ,
           wherevpon
           it
           
           is
           ,
           that
           such
           vnreasonable
           fines
           are
           exacted
           of
           him
           ,
           why
           his
           rents
           are
           so
           rackt
           and
           enhaunst
           ,
           and
           hee
           will
           tell
           thee
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           maintaine
           the
           pride
           of
           his
           Land-lord
           &
           Land-lady
           .
           Hospitalitie
           ,
           charitie
           ,
           patience
           ,
           humilitie
           ,
           &
           almost
           all
           vertue
           both
           diuine
           and
           morall
           ,
           are
           by
           pride
           exiled
           and
           banished
           this
           land
           .
           The
           subiect
           is
           like
           the
           Prince
           ,
           the
           seruant
           like
           the
           master
           ,
           the
           maid
           like
           the
           mistresse
           ;
           and
           such
           a
           confusion
           and
           disorder
           hath
           pride
           brought
           into
           this
           land
           ,
           that
           euery
           one
           hath
           forgottē
           their
           duetie
           ,
           calling
           and
           condition
           .
           The
           faces
           of
           the
           Elders
           are
           not
           had
           in
           honor
           ,
           that
           ancient
           reuerence
           ,
           which
           sometime
           was
           giuen
           to
           the
           sacred
           calling
           of
           the
           Clergie
           ,
           pride
           hath
           now
           turned
           into
           great
           contempt
           ;
           deuotion
           is
           scorned
           ,
           we
           giue
           nothing
           ,
           for
           pride
           perswades
           vs
           ,
           that
           all
           is
           too
           little
           for
           our selues
           .
           We
           forgiue
           nothing
           ;
           for
           our
           pride
           still
           prouokes
           vs
           to
           crueltie
           and
           reuenge
           .
           That
           humble
           ,
           homely
           habite
           ,
           which
           kings
           in
           former
           times
           haue
           vsed
           in
           
           their
           apparell
           ,
           is
           now
           of
           euery
           base
           vnthrift
           and
           prodigall
           companion
           scorned
           .
           Those
           frugall
           fashions
           ,
           &
           course
           stuffes
           ,
           both
           for
           woofe
           and
           workemanship
           ,
           which
           ancient
           times
           delighted
           in
           ,
           are
           now
           turned
           into
           veluets
           and
           silks
           of
           most
           strange
           and
           hellish
           deuices
           .
           The
           pride
           and
           profusion
           in
           apparell
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           fashions
           and
           inuentions
           which
           are
           vsuall
           in
           England
           ,
           were
           not
           once
           heard
           of
           in
           Sodom
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           of
           her
           iniquitie
           .
           Our
           women
           ,
           as
           soone
           as
           they
           rise
           ,
           put
           on
           a
           Pedlers
           pack
           vpon
           their
           backs
           ,
           they
           paint
           their
           faces
           ,
           pinne
           their
           ruffes
           ,
           frizzle
           their
           haire
           ,
           &
           then
           their
           dayes
           work
           is
           done
           .
           Many
           there
           be
           ,
           whose
           apparell
           is
           more
           worth
           ,
           then
           all
           their
           estate
           beside
           :
           and
           very
           few
           there
           be
           ,
           but
           their
           apparell
           is
           better
           then
           themselues
           .
           Our
           Sauiour
           Christ
           noted
           the
           rich
           gluttō
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           was
           clothed
           in
           purple
           &
           fine
           linnen
           :
           but
           how
           many
           may
           he
           brand
           with
           y
           e
           mark
           of
           his
           heauy
           displeasure
           ,
           which
           amōgst
           vs
           go
           as
           braue
           as
           he
           euery
           day
           !
           O
           that
           
           lawes
           could
           redresse
           y
           e
           pride
           of
           England
           ,
           shame
           suppresse
           it
           ,
           or
           preaching
           breake
           the
           neck
           of
           it
           !
           but
           all
           men
           &
           women
           haue
           so
           generally
           taken
           it
           vp
           ,
           that
           neyther
           lawes
           ,
           shame
           ,
           nor
           preaching
           can
           take
           it
           away
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           that
           hath
           vndone
           Gentlemen
           ,
           &
           men
           of
           other
           ranck
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           pride
           and
           profusion
           .
           Neyther
           are
           we
           euer
           to
           expect
           or
           looke
           for
           happy
           &
           good
           dayes
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           authority
           deuise
           some
           meanes
           ,
           to
           purge
           out
           of
           the
           body
           of
           this
           Realme
           ,
           the
           superfluous
           humour
           of
           this
           sinne
           :
           for
           it
           confounds
           all
           ,
           consumes
           all
           ,
           vndoes
           all
           :
           Thus
           by
           wofull
           experience
           we
           haue
           foūd
           our
           pride
           to
           be
           growne
           to
           the
           highest
           pitch
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           pride
           of
           Sodom
           could
           not
           excéede
           it
           .
        
         
           
           Now
           in
           the
           second
           place
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           compare
           the
           excesse
           in
           meate
           &
           drinke
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           Sodom
           ,
           to
           that
           of
           our
           countrey
           of
           England
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           may
           be
           truely
           sayd
           ,
           that
           we
           build
           houses
           ,
           as
           though
           we
           should
           neuer
           dye
           ,
           and
           
           we
           eate
           and
           drinke
           ,
           as
           though
           we
           should
           dye
           to
           morow
           .
           The
           very
           creatures
           cry
           out
           vpon
           vs
           for
           this
           sinne
           ,
           because
           we
           abuse
           them
           and
           kill
           them
           ,
           not
           for
           our
           necessity
           onely
           ,
           but
           also
           for
           our
           excesse
           and
           riot
           :
           we
           kill
           them
           ,
           not
           to
           eate
           onely
           ,
           but
           to
           eate
           them
           deliciously
           and
           intemperately
           .
           Our
           fasting
           dayes
           are
           despised
           ,
           and
           we
           estéeme
           it
           a
           poynt
           of
           superstitious
           Popery
           ,
           to
           obserue
           dayes
           ,
           and
           abstayne
           from
           meats
           .
           
           The
           Church
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Saint
           Ambrose
           condenmed
           y
           e
           Iouianists
           for
           heretikes
           ,
           because
           they
           called
           fasting
           ,
           delirium
           ,
           a
           mockery
           or
           madnes
           .
           And
           haue
           not
           we
           them
           amongst
           vs
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           that
           hold
           fasting
           to
           be
           superstitiō
           ?
           And
           although
           in
           former
           times
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           Lent
           was
           approued
           and
           commaunded
           by
           nine
           seueral
           Councels
           and
           Synodes
           ,
           besides
           the
           Canon
           of
           the
           Apostles
           commaunding
           the
           same
           ,
           yet
           we
           ,
           making
           a
           God
           of
           our
           bellies
           ,
           do
           ,
           without
           any
           difference
           ,
           serue
           the
           beastly
           desires
           of
           the
           same
           .
           And
           although
           authority
           hath
           taken
           
           order
           often
           ,
           to
           restraine
           this
           our
           excesse
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           yet
           when
           did
           wee
           pull
           one
           dish
           from
           our
           tables
           ,
           or
           withhold
           one
           morsel
           frō
           our
           bowels
           ,
           in
           signe
           of
           obedience
           to
           authoritie
           ,
           and
           of
           contrition
           towards
           God
           ?
           But
           what
           doe
           I
           speake
           of
           fasting
           ,
           séeing
           our
           soules
           abhorre
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           stead
           thereof
           haue
           intertained
           feasting
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           shew
           our selues
           to
           bee
           Gentiles
           rather
           then
           Christians
           ?
           Our
           feasts
           are
           the
           feasts
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           we
           imitate
           that
           villainous
           Emperor
           Vitellius
           ,
           
           in
           his
           insatiable
           gluttony
           ,
           of
           whom
           we
           read
           ,
           that
           at
           one
           Supper
           he
           had
           prepared
           for
           him
           2000.
           sundry
           sorts
           of
           fish
           ,
           and
           7000.
           sorts
           of
           Fowle
           .
           So
           the
           multitude
           of
           dishes
           ,
           and
           the
           varietie
           of
           seruices
           ,
           is
           our
           glorie
           at
           our
           feasts
           .
           And
           whereas
           one
           wood
           doeth
           yeeld
           sufficient
           sustenance
           for
           many
           Elephants
           ,
           the
           earth
           ,
           the
           ayre
           ,
           the
           sea
           will
           hardly
           minister
           prouision
           for
           one
           of
           our
           feasts
           :
           but
           still
           we
           say
           ,
           We
           are
           sory
           we
           haue
           no
           cheare
           :
           and
           therefore
           
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           ,
           that
           the
           excesse
           of
           Sodom
           in
           their
           fulnesse
           of
           bread
           ,
           should
           be
           greater
           then
           ours
           in
           England
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           sinne
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           was
           ,
           
           idlenesse
           ;
           in
           which
           sinne
           ,
           if
           we
           compare
           our selues
           with
           them
           ,
           wee
           shall
           finde
           our selues
           nothing
           inferior
           vnto
           them
           .
           The
           Steward
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           that
           wasted
           his
           masters
           goods
           ,
           confessed
           fréely
           that
           he
           could
           not
           worke
           ,
           &
           that
           he
           was
           ashamed
           to
           beg
           :
           but
           we
           haue
           them
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           that
           can
           worke
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           beg
           ,
           being
           so
           impudent
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           y
           t
           neither
           shame
           nor
           lawes
           can
           restraine
           them
           .
           The
           Theaters
           ,
           the
           Tauerns
           ,
           y
           e
           Bowle-alleyes
           ,
           the
           Brothel-houses
           ,
           y
           e
           fields
           ,
           the
           stréets
           of
           Sodom
           did
           neuer
           swarme
           more
           thicke
           with
           such
           vermin
           ,
           then
           ours
           do
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           displeasure
           of
           Almightie
           God
           ,
           &
           the
           vnspeakable
           detriment
           of
           our
           coūtrie
           and
           Common-wealth
           .
           The
           rich
           sit
           downe
           to
           eat
           and
           drinke
           ,
           and
           rise
           vp
           to
           play
           .
           The
           poore
           laborer
           was
           neuer
           more
           idle
           in
           his
           calling
           ,
           thē
           at
           this
           day
           ;
           
           hee
           hath
           learned
           to
           make
           two
           dayes
           worke
           of
           one
           ,
           &
           he
           makes
           no
           cōscience
           how
           he
           gets
           his
           wages
           ,
           nor
           how
           he
           slubbers
           vp
           his
           worke
           .
           The
           Tradesman
           doth
           not
           liue
           on
           the
           labour
           of
           his
           hands
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           tricks
           of
           his
           wits
           ;
           and
           therefore
           is
           euery
           thing
           so
           deceitfull
           &
           full
           of
           sleight
           ,
           because
           idle
           hands
           haue
           the
           handling
           of
           it
           .
           Others
           there
           be
           ,
           which
           take
           the
           paines
           to
           rise
           to
           their
           dinner
           ,
           and
           then
           walke
           to
           a
           play
           ,
           and
           so
           returne
           home
           by
           a
           whore-house
           ,
           thē
           to
           supper
           ,
           and
           lastly
           to
           bed
           :
           and
           thus
           they
           passe
           their
           time
           from
           day
           to
           day
           ,
           as
           vnprofitably
           ,
           as
           euer
           did
           Marg●tes
           ,
           of
           whom
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           nothing
           in
           all
           his
           life
           that
           might
           tend
           to
           good
           .
           Thus
           our
           Land
           is
           become
           a
           poole
           of
           standing
           waters
           ,
           &
           a
           hiue
           of
           Drones
           ,
           and
           except
           Authority
           draw
           foorth
           the
           sword
           of
           correction
           against
           the
           idle
           lozells
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           they
           will
           in
           time
           deuoure
           all
           the
           swéet
           from
           the
           paynefull
           and
           industrious
           hand
           :
           for
           where
           no
           Oxen
           are
           ,
           there
           the
           crib
           is
           empty
           ;
           
           and
           where
           none
           are
           that
           be
           paynefull
           ,
           there
           is
           but
           want
           and
           beggery
           .
           Peter
           must
           be
           commaunded
           to
           cast
           foorth
           his
           Nets
           :
           The
           watchman
           must
           be
           charged
           to
           stand
           vpon
           his
           watch
           ,
           and
           not
           vpon
           his
           honour
           ,
           ease
           and
           reputation
           :
           Caesar
           must
           not
           sléepe
           ,
           
           when
           he
           should
           administer
           iustice
           ,
           nor
           the
           Captayne
           must
           not
           be
           in
           the
           Tauerne
           ,
           when
           he
           should
           be
           in
           the
           field
           ,
           nor
           the
           Tradesman
           ,
           nor
           the
           Gentleman
           ,
           nor
           the
           Laborer
           ,
           must
           in
           no
           wise
           haue
           idlenesse
           sticke
           in
           their
           fingers
           ends
           ;
           for
           as
           it
           was
           one
           sinne
           amongst
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           procured
           the
           ouerthrow
           of
           Sodom
           :
           so
           will
           it
           together
           with
           other
           sinnes
           ,
           hasten
           our
           iudgement
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           
           séeing
           we
           haue
           it
           in
           as
           great
           aboūdance
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           as
           euer
           they
           had
           it
           amongst
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           order
           leades
           me
           to
           y
           e
           comparison
           of
           a
           sin
           practised
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           wherein
           indéed
           we
           suffer
           no
           comparison
           ,
           which
           is
           vnmercyfulnes
           towards
           the
           poore
           and
           néedy
           .
           Our
           vnmercyfull
           &
           vncharitable
           dealing
           with
           the
           poore
           ,
           
           was
           not
           heard
           of
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Sodoms
           iniquity
           ;
           for
           their
           vncharitablenesse
           onely
           extended
           it selfe
           to
           strangers
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           can
           bee
           gathered
           by
           Historie
           .
           They
           were
           inhospitales
           :
           they
           harbored
           no
           strangers
           ,
           but
           if
           any
           stranger
           happened
           to
           come
           into
           this
           country
           ,
           they
           abused
           him
           strangely
           and
           villainously
           :
           and
           for
           this
           cause
           they
           would
           haue
           vsed
           Lot
           so
           il
           ,
           because
           he
           intertained
           and
           lodged
           strangers
           :
           following
           herein
           the
           custome
           of
           other
           nations
           ,
           but
           especially
           of
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           who
           offered
           al
           strangers
           that
           arriued
           there
           ,
           vpon
           the
           altar
           of
           Busiris
           ,
           being
           sometimes
           King
           of
           Egypt
           :
           
           in
           whose
           raigne
           there
           was
           a
           great
           drought
           in
           the
           land
           for
           the
           space
           of
           nine
           yéeres
           :
           whereupon
           Busiris
           sent
           into
           Grecia
           for
           certain
           soothsayers
           to
           be
           sent
           him
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           by
           them
           hee
           might
           be
           certainly
           informed
           of
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           drought
           :
           vnto
           whom
           was
           sent
           Thasius
           ,
           a
           man
           very
           expert
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           who
           certified
           the
           king
           ,
           that
           the
           ouerflowing
           of
           Nilus
           
           could
           not
           be
           procured
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           blood
           of
           some
           stranger
           offered
           vp
           to
           Iupiter
           in
           sacrifice
           .
           Whereupon
           Busiris
           
             
               —
               fies
               Iouis
               hostia
               primas
            
             
               Inquit
               ,
               et
               Aegypto
               tu
               dabis
               hospes
               aquam
               :
            
          
           And
           so
           offered
           this
           soothsayer
           stranger
           vnto
           Iupiter
           :
           and
           euer
           after
           ,
           these
           Egyptians
           ,
           in
           any
           calamitie
           or
           distresse
           ,
           vsed
           to
           offer
           the
           strangers
           that
           arriued
           amongst
           them
           ,
           vpō
           the
           altar
           of
           Busiris
           .
           Frō
           which
           custome
           of
           the
           Egyptians
           ,
           other
           nations
           became
           very
           barbarous
           ,
           cruell
           ,
           &
           vnmercifull
           vnto
           strangers
           .
           But
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           
             Manasseh
             eates
             Ephraim
             ,
             &
             Ephraim
             eates
             Manasseh
             ,
             and
             both
             of
             them
             eate
             Iuda
             .
          
           And
           it
           may
           rightly
           be
           said
           of
           vs
           ,
           as
           the
           Prophet
           sometimes
           said
           of
           his
           people
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             mercie
             in
             the
             land
             .
          
           For
           whereas
           mercie
           and
           charity
           consists
           in
           giuing
           and
           forgiuing
           ,
           our
           hard
           &
           vncompassionate
           hearts
           will
           suffer
           vs
           to
           giue
           nothing
           ,
           &
           our
           malicious
           minds
           will
           permit
           vs
           to
           forgiue
           nothing
           :
           
           there
           was
           somtimes
           an
           age
           of
           giuing
           ,
           &
           lending
           :
           but
           now
           our
           pride
           ,
           our
           couetousnesse
           ,
           our
           selfe-loue
           ,
           perswade
           vs
           ,
           that
           all
           is
           too
           litle
           for
           our selues
           ;
           &
           therfore
           this
           modern
           age
           neither
           giues
           nor
           lends
           ;
           It
           may
           be
           ,
           when
           we
           dye
           ,
           then
           we
           will
           and
           bequeath
           ,
           but
           as
           long
           as
           we
           liue
           ,
           we
           kéepe
           and
           hold
           fast
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           if
           the
           most
           charitable
           man
           that
           liues
           in
           this
           age
           ,
           would
           but
           compare
           that
           which
           he
           giues
           to
           the
           poore
           ,
           with
           that
           he
           spends
           and
           bestowes
           idly
           ,
           vainly
           ,
           and
           vpon
           his
           pleasures
           ,
           he
           himselfe
           would
           cry
           shame
           vpon
           his
           charity
           .
           The
           crying
           and
           complayning
           of
           the
           poore
           in
           our
           stréets
           ,
           doth
           witnesse
           against
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           do
           not
           strengthen
           y
           e
           hand
           of
           the
           poore
           .
           There
           was
           an
           age
           ,
           when
           men
           would
           haue
           forborne
           much
           ,
           and
           haue
           forgiuen
           much
           :
           but
           now
           we
           go
           to
           law
           for
           euery
           trifling
           trespasse
           ,
           and
           we
           take
           our
           debtors
           by
           the
           throat
           ,
           and
           cast
           them
           in
           prison
           ,
           till
           they
           pay
           the
           vttermost
           farthing
           .
           But
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           the
           Sodomits
           were
           as
           vnmercyfull
           as
           
           we
           ,
           in
           giuing
           and
           forgiuing
           :
           but
           the
           name
           of
           an
           Incloser
           was
           not
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           of
           amongst
           them
           :
           and
           happy
           had
           it
           beene
           for
           England
           ,
           if
           Inclosure
           had
           neuer
           beene
           knowen
           .
           
           Wo
           bee
           to
           these
           Inclosers
           ,
           euen
           that
           wo
           denounced
           against
           them
           by
           the
           Prophet
           :
           for
           they
           are
           the
           vnmercifull
           men
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           they
           leaue
           no
           roome
           for
           the
           poore
           in
           the
           land
           ,
           they
           appropriate
           that
           to
           themselues
           ,
           which
           custome
           hath
           made
           common
           :
           iniurious
           they
           are
           to
           common
           society
           ,
           they
           pull
           downe
           houses
           ,
           ouerthrow
           townes
           ,
           send
           men
           ,
           women
           and
           children
           of
           all
           sorts
           ,
           the
           widow
           ,
           &
           the
           fatherlesse
           ,
           from
           their
           knowne
           and
           accustomed
           dwelling
           places
           ,
           to
           seeke
           where
           they
           can
           thrust
           in
           their
           heads
           .
           Iniurious
           they
           are
           to
           Religion
           ,
           
           and
           to
           the
           worship
           and
           seruice
           of
           God
           :
           for
           either
           they
           pull
           downe
           Churches
           ,
           or
           if
           they
           let
           them
           stand
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           deuotion
           ,
           but
           either
           to
           crooue
           their
           sheep
           in
           ,
           or
           else
           for
           some
           base
           and
           irreligious
           seruice
           :
           Iniurious
           they
           are
           to
           common-wealth
           ,
           
           by
           straitning
           ,
           stepping
           ,
           or
           turning
           high
           wayes
           out
           of
           their
           right
           course
           ,
           into
           a
           wrong
           course
           ,
           so
           that
           trauellers
           eyther
           cannot
           passe
           at
           all
           ,
           or
           else
           with
           great
           danger
           and
           feare
           of
           robbing
           and
           killing
           :
           they
           destroy
           tillage
           ,
           whereby
           corne
           is
           growne
           both
           very
           scarce
           and
           extreme
           deare
           .
           And
           now
           that
           they
           haue
           inclosed
           and
           conuerted
           their
           Inclosure
           into
           pasture
           ,
           they
           farme
           out
           their
           grounds
           at
           so
           deare
           rate
           ,
           that
           Butter
           ,
           Chéese
           ,
           Milke
           ,
           Béefe
           ,
           Muttō
           ,
           Veale
           ,
           is
           at
           so
           excessiue
           a
           price
           ,
           as
           neuer
           before
           among
           our
           forefathers
           .
           The
           fields
           of
           England
           were
           sometimes
           compared
           to
           Christs
           coat
           ,
           which
           was
           without
           seame
           :
           so
           were
           they
           eyther
           without
           hedge
           ▪
           or
           ditch
           :
           but
           now
           they
           resemble
           a
           beggers
           cloke
           ,
           being
           ful
           of
           seames
           ,
           pieces
           ,
           and
           patches
           .
           These
           vnmercifull
           men
           were
           not
           heard
           of
           in
           Sodom
           ;
           for
           of
           Sodom
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           plaine
           countrey
           :
           
           therefore
           shall
           the
           Sodomites
           rise
           vp
           in
           iudgement
           at
           the
           last
           
           day
           against
           our
           Inclosers
           .
           Cymon
           ,
           the
           Athenian
           ,
           commaunded
           al
           hedges
           and
           pales
           to
           be
           pluckt
           vp
           ,
           and
           taken
           away
           from
           his
           grounds
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           both
           Citizens
           and
           strangers
           might
           haue
           frée
           accesse
           into
           his
           fields
           for
           any
           thing
           they
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           :
           but
           the
           Inclosers
           of
           our
           age
           do
           set
           down
           hedges
           and
           pales
           ,
           where
           neuer
           any
           was
           ,
           to
           kéepe
           out
           both
           strangers
           and
           home-borne
           persons
           ,
           and
           to
           abbridge
           them
           of
           that
           which
           custome
           once
           made
           common
           to
           all
           :
           therefore
           that
           heathen
           man
           shal
           rise
           vp
           in
           iudgement
           against
           the
           Inclosers
           of
           our
           age
           .
        
         
           Neither
           was
           the
           name
           of
           Engrosser
           heard
           of
           in
           the
           day
           of
           Sodoms
           iniquitie
           :
           These
           are
           they
           ,
           
           which
           swallow
           vp
           the
           poore
           ;
           for
           when
           they
           haue
           got
           a
           commoditie
           into
           their
           hands
           ,
           they
           make
           the
           Ephah
           small
           ,
           and
           the
           shekell
           great
           ,
           and
           falsifie
           the
           weights
           by
           deceit
           :
           then
           they
           buy
           the
           poore
           for
           siluer
           ,
           and
           the
           néedy
           for
           shooes
           ,
           &
           sell
           the
           refuze
           of
           the
           wheat
           ,
           
           and
           their
           commodities
           at
           their
           owne
           price
           .
           This
           is
           a
           wicked
           generation
           ;
           for
           they
           appropriate
           that
           to
           thēselues
           ,
           which
           nature
           hath
           made
           common
           to
           others
           :
           they
           care
           not
           who
           wéepe
           ,
           so
           they
           may
           laugh
           :
           they
           séeke
           to
           bring
           all
           the
           water
           to
           their
           owne
           mill
           ,
           neyther
           doe
           they
           respect
           the
           publike
           good
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           but
           onely
           their
           own
           priuate
           profit
           and
           gaine
           .
           Nature
           doth
           abhorre
           this
           kind
           of
           oppression
           .
           For
           as
           it
           were
           an
           vnnaturall
           thing
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           if
           one
           member
           should
           draw
           vnto
           it
           all
           the
           blood
           and
           nourishment
           ,
           which
           the
           other
           members
           should
           bee
           strengthened
           and
           preserued
           withal
           ;
           so
           is
           that
           man
           an
           vnnaturall
           member
           in
           the
           politike
           body
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           ,
           which
           by
           engrossing
           ,
           forestalling
           ,
           and
           regrating
           ,
           doth
           get
           into
           his
           hands
           any
           commoditie
           to
           inrich
           himselfe
           ,
           without
           due
           respect
           of
           the
           good
           of
           others
           .
           
           The
           ciuill
           law
           doth
           condemne
           these
           kind
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           most
           pernicious
           and
           hurtfull
           to
           the
           State
           where
           they
           liue
           ,
           &
           therefore
           
           all
           their
           goods
           are
           by
           the
           ciuill
           law
           confiscate
           ,
           and
           they
           themselues
           for
           euer
           banished
           :
           and
           the
           Magistrate
           which
           did
           conniue
           and
           winke
           at
           such
           persons
           ,
           was
           to
           lose
           fifty
           pounds
           ,
           for
           suffering
           such
           persons
           to
           practise
           such
           vnlawfull
           meanes
           to
           enrich
           themselues
           by
           .
           And
           all
           Diuines
           doe
           hold
           ,
           that
           Monopolies
           are
           directly
           against
           the
           eight
           Cōmandement
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             steale
          
           :
           proouing
           it
           to
           bee
           a
           kind
           of
           publike
           theft
           .
           And
           yet
           though
           nature
           abhorre
           it
           ,
           the
           Ciuill
           law
           condemne
           it
           ,
           &
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           forbid
           it
           ;
           the
           practise
           of
           it
           is
           common
           amongst
           vs
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           and
           many
           haue
           risen
           to
           the
           height
           of
           that
           greatnes
           which
           now
           they
           inioy
           ,
           onely
           by
           this
           meanes
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           dishonour
           of
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           contempt
           of
           law
           ,
           vndoing
           of
           many
           hundreds
           in
           particular
           ,
           and
           the
           publike
           detriment
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           in
           generall
           .
        
         
           The
           vnmercifull
           vsury
           of
           our
           age
           farre
           exceeds
           all
           that
           euer
           hath
           beene
           before
           vs
           :
           
           All
           ages
           before
           vs
           haue
           
           condemned
           it
           for
           a
           sinne
           ,
           but
           we
           haue
           those
           in
           this
           age
           ,
           that
           dare
           vndertake
           to
           defend
           it
           to
           be
           no
           sinne
           .
           Vsury
           hath
           alwayes
           drawne
           her
           name
           from
           byting
           :
           but
           now
           shee
           may
           well
           haue
           her
           name
           of
           deuouring
           ;
           for
           vsury
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           practised
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           doth
           not
           only
           bite
           ,
           but
           deuoure
           .
           The
           Vsurer
           in
           time
           past
           was
           excommunicated
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           not
           worthy
           of
           the
           society
           and
           communion
           of
           Saints
           ;
           hee
           was
           depriued
           of
           Christian
           buriall
           ,
           as
           though
           hee
           were
           not
           worthy
           to
           lye
           in
           the
           earth
           ,
           but
           in
           hell
           ;
           he
           was
           not
           permitted
           to
           make
           a
           will
           at
           his
           death
           ,
           as
           though
           his
           goods
           were
           not
           his
           owne
           :
           but
           now
           they
           are
           accounted
           worthy
           of
           the
           best
           company
           ,
           our
           Churches
           are
           profaned
           with
           their
           sepulchres
           ,
           and
           their
           wils
           and
           Testaments
           haue
           as
           good
           approbation
           ,
           as
           theirs
           ,
           who
           haue
           gotten
           their
           goods
           most
           truely
           and
           vprightly
           .
           Thus
           we
           doe
           not
           onely
           defend
           the
           sinne
           which
           our
           forefathers
           haue
           condemned
           ,
           but
           wee
           approoue
           ,
           reuerence
           ,
           and
           iustifie
           
           the
           sinner
           ,
           which
           GOD
           will
           condemne
           :
           and
           therefore
           wee
           surmount
           all
           that
           haue
           beene
           before
           vs
           in
           our
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           I
           say
           to
           the
           workemasters
           of
           our
           time
           ?
           
           Neuer
           were
           there
           such
           vnmercifull
           persons
           heard
           of
           ,
           as
           some
           of
           them
           bee
           :
           if
           I
           should
           speake
           what
           I
           could
           ,
           it
           might
           séeme
           vncredible
           ,
           that
           euer
           there
           should
           be
           such
           vnmercifull
           courses
           among
           Christians
           .
           These
           are
           they
           which
           grind
           the
           faces
           of
           the
           poore
           Tradesman
           ,
           by
           changing
           his
           wages
           seuen
           times
           ,
           as
           Iacob
           said
           to
           Laban
           :
           for
           eyther
           they
           deteyne
           the
           workmans
           wages
           ,
           or
           they
           abate
           them
           ,
           or
           they
           change
           them
           ,
           or
           reckon
           them
           short
           ,
           or
           pay
           them
           in
           such
           commodities
           as
           is
           to
           be
           wondred
           at
           .
           And
           surely
           ,
           great
           pity
           it
           is
           ,
           y
           t
           some
           mercifull
           man
           or
           other
           doth
           not
           take
           in
           hād
           to
           redresse
           this
           oppression
           of
           the
           workemasters
           :
           but
           if
           the
           poore
           Tradesman
           should
           complaine
           ,
           or
           séeke
           redresse
           ,
           then
           hee
           should
           lose
           all
           ,
           and
           cleane
           thrust
           
           himselfe
           out
           of
           custome
           for
           all
           worke
           .
           Thus
           must
           hee
           take
           all
           ,
           and
           hold
           himselfe
           content
           ,
           or
           lose
           all
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           whether
           he
           will
           or
           not
           .
           Was
           there
           euer
           such
           a
           lamentable
           thing
           heard
           of
           ,
           that
           the
           workeman
           liuing
           in
           his
           calling
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           law
           which
           God
           first
           layd
           vpon
           man
           ,
           
             In
             the
             sweat
             of
             thy
             browes
             shalt
             thou
             get
             thy
             liuing
             ,
          
           should
           notwithstanding
           ,
           contrary
           to
           that
           law
           ,
           bee
           wronged
           of
           his
           wages
           which
           are
           the
           stay
           of
           his
           liuing
           ?
           Oh
           ye
           vnmercifull
           men
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           haue
           you
           none
           to
           oppresse
           but
           y
           e
           poore
           workman
           ?
           haue
           you
           not
           read
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             muzzell
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Oxe
             that
             treadeth
             out
             of
             the
             corne
          
           ?
           If
           man
           owe
           a
           duty
           of
           mercy
           to
           the
           vnreasonable
           creature
           which
           laboureth
           for
           him
           ,
           much
           more
           doth
           he
           owe
           a
           duty
           &
           right
           to
           man
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           owne
           mould
           ,
           and
           should
           not
           muzzell
           vp
           the
           mouth
           of
           the
           workeman
           ,
           his
           wife
           &
           children
           ,
           by
           vnconscionable
           courses
           in
           his
           wages
           :
           for
           the
           like
           was
           neuer
           heard
           of
           in
           Sodom
           .
           
           Thus
           are
           wee
           vnmercifull
           in
           giuing
           ,
           vnmercifull
           in
           forgiuing
           ,
           vnmercifull
           in
           lending
           ,
           vnmercifull
           in
           paying
           ,
           vnmercifull
           in
           buying
           and
           selling
           :
           so
           that
           it
           may
           iustly
           be
           said
           of
           vs
           ,
           which
           was
           said
           of
           the
           Sodomites
           ,
           They
           strengthen
           not
           the
           hand
           of
           the
           poore
           &
           néedy
           .
        
         
           Thus
           haue
           we
           found
           ,
           by
           comparing
           our
           sinnes
           with
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           that
           wee
           are
           nothing
           behind
           them
           in
           our
           sinnes
           ;
           if
           we
           excéed
           them
           not
           ,
           wee
           are
           surely
           equall
           with
           them
           .
           It
           is
           said
           of
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           that
           they
           cryed
           in
           the
           eares
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           and
           surely
           our
           sinnes
           are
           as
           saucy
           and
           impudent
           ,
           as
           euer
           were
           theirs
           ;
           and
           if
           theirs
           cryed
           ,
           
           ours
           are
           not
           tongue-tide
           ,
           I
           warrant
           you
           :
           we
           reach
           home
           to
           them
           with
           our
           wickednesse
           .
           The
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           were
           growne
           to
           their
           full
           height
           ,
           &
           so
           are
           ours
           .
           For
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           or
           womā
           in
           these
           dayes
           ,
           should
           adde
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           sins
           which
           they
           practise
           :
           so
           that
           as
           in
           a
           general
           plague
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           such
           a
           maruell
           at
           those
           which
           
           dye
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           at
           those
           which
           escape
           :
           so
           in
           this
           generall
           infection
           of
           sinne
           ,
           wherewith
           the
           world
           at
           this
           day
           is
           defiled
           ,
           wee
           are
           not
           so
           much
           to
           maruell
           that
           there
           be
           so
           many
           bad
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           be
           any
           good
           .
           Now
           when
           the
           sinnes
           of
           a
           people
           grow
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           that
           they
           come
           to
           be
           crying
           sins
           ,
           then
           vengeance
           loyters
           not
           ,
           destruction
           comes
           spéedily
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           LORD
           had
           taken
           knowledge
           of
           the
           cry
           of
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           had
           found
           their
           sins
           to
           be
           according
           to
           the
           cry
           ,
           euen
           the
           next
           day
           he
           rained
           fire
           and
           brimstone
           from
           heauen
           ,
           and
           destroyed
           them
           all
           .
           So
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           shal
           finde
           our
           sinnes
           at
           their
           full
           height
           ,
           he
           will
           spéedily
           bring
           his
           iudgements
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           and
           destroy
           vs
           :
           for
           as
           the
           husbandman
           thrusts
           the
           sickle
           into
           the
           Corne
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           perfitly
           ripe
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           Oxe
           is
           brought
           to
           the
           slaughter
           ,
           when
           hee
           is
           fat
           :
           so
           destruction
           comes
           vpon
           men
           ,
           when
           the
           measure
           of
           sinne
           is
           fulfilled
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           ,
           
           that
           our
           sinnes
           are
           at
           their
           height
           ,
           and
           are
           growne
           to
           their
           perfit
           ripenesse
           ,
           it
           is
           manifest
           ;
           because
           they
           are
           equall
           with
           the
           sinnes
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           as
           hath
           béen
           already
           prooued
           ,
           and
           also
           ,
           because
           there
           can
           not
           be
           any
           addition
           made
           in
           the
           seueral
           humors
           and
           dispositions
           of
           men
           ,
           to
           the
           sinnes
           which
           they
           practise
           .
           But
           admit
           ,
           these
           two
           reasons
           shall
           not
           bee
           thought
           of
           trueth
           sufficent
           ,
           to
           confirme
           the
           height
           and
           ripenesse
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           I
           will
           adde
           foure
           infallible
           arguments
           ,
           to
           proue
           the
           ripenesse
           of
           sinne
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           when
           sinne
           is
           directly
           committed
           
           against
           God
           ,
           against
           nature
           ,
           
           and
           against
           humane
           society
           ,
           of
           which
           sort
           our
           sinnes
           be
           :
           they
           are
           directly
           against
           God
           ,
           witnesse
           our
           horrible
           swearing
           and
           forswearing
           ,
           and
           our
           fearefull
           blapheming
           of
           the
           most
           holy
           and
           blessed
           Name
           of
           GOD
           ,
           and
           our
           prophane
           vnhallowing
           of
           his
           Sabboth
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           contempt
           of
           his
           word
           ,
           and
           neglect
           of
           his
           
           Ministers
           :
           They
           are
           against
           nature
           ,
           witnesse
           y
           e
           filthy
           sinne
           of
           Sodomy
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           Land
           of
           ours
           can
           not
           cleare
           it self
           ;
           as
           also
           the
           Incest
           ,
           the
           Parricide
           ,
           the
           Fratricide
           ,
           the
           Coosen-germane
           marriages
           which
           are
           committed
           amongst
           vs
           :
           &
           they
           are
           against
           humane
           societie
           ,
           witnesse
           our
           inclosing
           ,
           our
           ingrossing
           ,
           our
           cruelty
           ,
           extortion
           ,
           oppression
           ,
           robberies
           ,
           murders
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           generality
           of
           sinne
           doth
           prooue
           the
           ripenes
           of
           sinne
           ,
           when
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           but
           a
           whole
           multitude
           are
           corrupt
           :
           and
           such
           is
           our
           estate
           ,
           a
           generall
           infection
           of
           sinne
           hath
           runne
           ouer
           the
           whole
           Land
           ,
           so
           that
           except
           the
           Lord
           had
           left
           vnto
           vs
           a
           small
           remnant
           ,
           we
           should
           haue
           beene
           as
           Sodom
           ,
           and
           like
           vnto
           Gomorrah
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           the
           impudency
           of
           the
           sinner
           doth
           prooue
           the
           ripenesse
           of
           sin
           ,
           as
           when
           men
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           transgresse
           openly
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           bragge
           and
           boast
           of
           their
           sinnes
           :
           and
           such
           haue
           we
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           instanced
           by
           
           men
           of
           note
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           expedient
           to
           particularize
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           when
           the
           sinner
           is
           not
           humbled
           ,
           nor
           amended
           by
           punishments
           ,
           &
           iudgements
           inflicted
           vpon
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           true
           marke
           that
           his
           sin
           is
           at
           the
           height
           :
           and
           herein
           haue
           we
           shewed
           our selues
           to
           bee
           incorrigible
           :
           The
           Lord
           hath
           threatned
           vs
           with
           warre
           ,
           he
           hath
           plagued
           vs
           with
           the
           pestilence
           ,
           hee
           hath
           pinched
           vs
           with
           scarcity
           &
           dearth
           ,
           and
           yet
           wee
           are
           not
           bettered
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           turning
           vnto
           God
           ,
           
           but
           wee
           fall
           away
           more
           and
           more
           :
           our
           sinnes
           therefore
           being
           at
           the
           height
           ,
           the
           fierce
           wrath
           of
           God
           must
           néeds
           be
           euen
           néere
           at
           hand
           ,
           and
           ready
           to
           be
           executed
           vpon
           vs.
           And
           will
           you
           haue
           such
           likely-hoods
           ,
           as
           may
           perswade
           the
           trueth
           thereof
           vnto
           vs
           ?
           Then
           wryte
           my
           words
           in
           tables
           ,
           y
           t
           they
           may
           bee
           monuments
           for
           later
           dayes
           ;
           for
           when
           your
           childrens
           childrē
           shall
           heare
           of
           them
           hereafter
           ,
           they
           will
           bee
           astonished
           at
           them
           .
           The
           moneths
           of
           the
           yéere
           haue
           not
           yet
           gone
           about
           
           eight
           times
           in
           their
           courses
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Lord
           hath
           shewed
           more
           tokens
           of
           his
           intended
           &
           approaching
           wrath
           ,
           then
           the
           agedst
           man
           in
           our
           Land
           is
           able
           to
           recount
           of
           in
           so
           small
           a
           time
           .
           The
           winds
           haue
           beene
           so
           outragious
           &
           violent
           ,
           as
           though
           the
           foure
           ends
           of
           heauen
           had
           conspired
           to
           turne
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           earth
           vpside
           downe
           .
           The
           anger
           of
           the
           clouds
           hath
           béene
           powred
           downe
           vpon
           vs
           in
           such
           abundance
           ,
           as
           hath
           béene
           both
           vnseasonable
           for
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           vnprofitable
           for
           the
           earth
           .
           The
           heauens
           aboue
           vs
           haue
           beene
           turned
           to
           brasse
           ,
           and
           the
           earth
           beneath
           vs
           into
           iron
           ,
           which
           hath
           wrought
           such
           effects
           ,
           that
           the
           child
           vnborne
           shall
           speake
           of
           it
           .
           The
           sea
           ,
           with
           vnwonted
           inundations
           ,
           hath
           attempted
           to
           bring
           the
           Land
           within
           the
           territorie
           thereof
           .
           The
           fire
           ,
           as
           an
           Ambassadour
           of
           the
           last
           vengeance
           ,
           hath
           most
           fiercely
           raged
           in
           all
           parts
           of
           our
           Land.
           Treasons
           many
           ,
           mighty
           &
           mōstrous
           ,
           neuer
           before
           heard
           of
           ,
           or
           imagined
           ,
           
           haue
           beene
           plotted
           and
           contriued
           against
           our
           most
           dread
           &
           Soueraigne
           ,
           our
           Quéene
           and
           Royall
           Issue
           ,
           intending
           the
           vtter
           ouerthrow
           of
           Kingdome
           ,
           State
           ,
           and
           Countrey
           .
        
         
           The
           Commons
           haue
           risen
           ,
           pretending
           themselues
           wrongd
           in
           their
           commons
           ,
           indangering
           the
           common
           peace
           and
           tranquillitie
           of
           the
           Common-wealth
           .
        
         
           The
           arrowes
           of
           a
           woful
           pestilence
           haue
           beene
           cast
           abroad
           at
           large
           in
           all
           the
           quarters
           of
           our
           Land.
           A
           present
           dearth
           without
           scarcity
           ,
           doth
           pinch
           vs
           ,
           bringing
           pouerty
           like
           a
           way-faring
           man
           vpon
           vs.
           
        
         
           Our
           Summer
           is
           turned
           into
           Winter
           ,
           our
           cheapenesse
           of
           all
           things
           into
           dearth
           .
        
         
           The
           skies
           lowre
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           because
           their
           Creatour
           is
           angry
           at
           vs.
           The
           Sunne
           hideth
           from
           vs
           his
           gladsome
           light
           ,
           as
           though
           wee
           were
           not
           worthy
           to
           inioy
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           clouds
           ,
           night
           and
           day
           ,
           do
           let
           fal
           
           showres
           of
           teares
           ,
           bemoaning
           the
           miseries
           which
           God
           hath
           determined
           to
           bring
           vpon
           vs.
           And
           thus
           all
           the
           creatures
           doe
           threaten
           and
           foreshew
           our
           approching
           destruction
           :
           yet
           wee
           ,
           more
           sencelesse
           then
           y
           e
           insensible
           creatures
           ,
           neither
           feare
           any
           thing
           ,
           nor
           suspect
           any
           thing
           .
           Well
           ,
           there
           must
           bee
           an
           end
           of
           sinning
           ,
           or
           else
           God
           will
           make
           an
           end
           of
           vs.
           
           There
           must
           be
           a
           turning
           vnto
           God
           ,
           or
           else
           God
           wil
           not
           turn
           vnto
           vs.
           If
           our
           sins
           be
           the
           sins
           of
           Sodom
           ,
           our
           iudgement
           must
           bee
           the
           iudgement
           of
           Sodom
           .
           There
           must
           be
           some
           end
           of
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           or
           if
           Moses
           and
           Samuel
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           were
           amongst
           vs
           ,
           to
           bestow
           both
           their
           preaching
           and
           their
           prayers
           that
           wee
           might
           be
           saued
           ,
           they
           should
           saue
           but
           their
           owne
           soules
           ,
           and
           neither
           vs
           ,
           nor
           our
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           :
           Wee
           are
           not
           sinners
           of
           yesterday
           ▪
           wee
           are
           not
           Nouices
           in
           the
           schoole
           of
           Sathan
           :
           but
           we
           haue
           long
           troden
           the
           pathes
           of
           vngodlinesse
           ,
           &
           wearied
           our selues
           in
           
           the
           wayes
           of
           wickednesse
           .
           We
           haue
           wearied
           the
           tongues
           of
           y
           e
           Lords
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           grieued
           the
           soules
           of
           those
           Preachers
           that
           haue
           bin
           sent
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           in
           séeing
           their
           labour
           lost
           vpon
           vs
           ;
           they
           haue
           preacht
           in
           season
           ,
           &
           out
           of
           season
           ,
           they
           haue
           brought
           out
           of
           their
           treasures
           things
           both
           new
           &
           old
           ,
           they
           haue
           giuen
           vs
           milke
           ,
           and
           strong
           meat
           ,
           they
           haue
           come
           in
           the
           spirit
           of
           gentlenesse
           ,
           and
           with
           a
           rod
           ,
           they
           haue
           entreated
           ,
           threatned
           ,
           preached
           mercy
           ,
           &
           preached
           iudgement
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           this
           without
           successe
           :
           for
           we
           haue
           beene
           like
           y
           e
           deafe
           Adder
           ,
           stopping
           our
           eares
           ,
           &
           refusing
           to
           heare
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           Charmer
           ,
           charming
           swéetly
           vnto
           vs.
           
        
         
           Hearken
           now
           ,
           I
           pray
           you
           ,
           and
           bee
           iudges
           your selues
           ,
           O
           ye
           inhabitants
           of
           England
           ,
           if
           y
           e
           men
           of
           Sodom
           might
           haue
           had
           those
           meanes
           to
           haue
           drawne
           them
           to
           repentance
           ,
           which
           you
           haue
           had
           ,
           would
           they
           not
           haue
           broght
           forth
           fruits
           more
           worthy
           of
           repentance
           then
           you
           haue
           done
           ?
           Therefore
           shall
           they
           
           rise
           vp
           in
           y
           e
           day
           of
           Iudgement
           against
           you
           .
           Let
           this
           Alarum
           ,
           giuen
           you
           by
           Sodō
           &
           her
           Cities
           ,
           be
           a
           warning
           vnto
           vs
           all
           ,
           to
           eschew
           their
           sins
           ,
           lest
           we
           burn
           in
           their
           iudgements
           .
           Let
           vs
           al
           ,
           frō
           the
           highest
           to
           the
           lowest
           ,
           fall
           downe
           and
           knéele
           before
           the
           Lord
           our
           maker
           :
           let
           vs
           lye
           low
           before
           the
           footstoole
           of
           his
           Maiesty
           ,
           and
           with
           all
           submission
           both
           of
           body
           and
           minde
           ,
           acknowledge
           our
           sinnes
           ,
           &
           preuent
           the
           intended
           wrath
           of
           God
           against
           vs
           ,
           by
           our
           true
           &
           hearty
           repentance
           .
           For
           the
           Lord
           is
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           will
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           serued
           of
           vs
           :
           hée
           is
           our
           Lord
           ,
           &
           wil
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           honoured
           of
           vs
           :
           he
           is
           our
           Father
           ,
           &
           will
           ,
           and
           must
           be
           obeyed
           of
           vs
           :
           he
           is
           our
           Iudge
           ,
           and
           dreadfull
           Reuenger
           ,
           and
           will
           eyther
           bee
           feared
           of
           vs
           ,
           or
           else
           hee
           will
           reuenge
           himselfe
           vpon
           vs.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A02058-e180
           
             M●r.
             14.9
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02058-e300
           
             Gen.
             22.3
             Psal
             .
             119
             147
             ,
             148.
             1.
             
             Sam.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Esay
             56.9
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             16
             13.
             2.
             
             Kings
             3.20
             .
          
           
             Acts
             2.15
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.15
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A02058-e670
           
             The
             destructiō
             of
             Sodō
             and
             Gomorrha
             ,
             the
             most
             fearefull
             example
             of
             Gods
             vēgeāce
             that
             euer
             was
             inflicted
             in
             this
             world
             vpon
             mākind
             for
             sin
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             practise
             the
             sinns
             of
             Sodō
             we
             shall
             taste
             of
             the
             iudgments
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Fiue
             causes
             why
             Sodom
             was
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             The
             suddennes
             of
             Sodōs
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Doctrine
             .
          
           
             Vengeance
             shal
             suddenly
             ouertake
             the
             vnrepentant
             sinner
             .
             Iob
             34.20
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             19.26
             .
             Num.
             25.8
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             19.34
             .
          
           
             Sudden
             death
             is
             one
             degree
             more
             fearefull
             then
             death
             .
          
           
             Suet.
             in
             vita
             Caesar
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             6.15
             .
          
           
             Wee
             ought
             to
             pray
             against
             sudden
             death
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Tim.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Lam.
             per.
             tot
             .
          
           
             How
             to
             iudge
             of
             those
             which
             dye
             suddenly
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Chron.
             35.23.24
             .
          
           
             Lam.
             4.20
             .
          
           
             Who
             are
             sayd
             to
             dye
             suddenly
             .
          
           
             Sudden
             death
             not
             alwayes
             a
             spiritual
             iudgement
             .
             
               Amb.
               de
               obit
               .
               Val.
            
             
          
           
             Iude.
             1.7
             .
          
           
             Mat
             25.10
             .
          
           
             The
             Author
             of
             Sodoms
             ouerthrow
             .
          
           
             ●er●
             .
             fict
             .
          
           
             P●trusab
             Al●aco
             .
             Guil.
             Par.
             
          
           
             Strabo
             .
          
           
             Against
             those
             that
             ascribe
             strange
             accidents
             to
             naturall
             causes
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             1.14
             .
          
           
             Against
             the
             vanitie
             and
             incertaintie
             of
             iudiciall
             Astrologie
             .
          
           
             In
             assert
             .
             fidei
             cap.
             ●lt
             .
          
           
             Amos
             3.6
             .
          
           
             Iere·
             14.22
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             147.4
             .
          
           
             Hierom.
             in
             Esay
             .
             cap.
             27.
             
          
           
             Canō
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             4.19
             .
          
           
             Micah
             .
             6.9
             .
             Doct.
             God
             the
             Author
             of
             al
             such
             things
             as
             befall
             man.
             
          
           
             Iob
             1.21
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             19
             ▪
             21.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             16.10
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Iames.
             5.13
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             39.9
             .
          
           
             Vse
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             The
             maner
             of
             Sodoms
             destruction
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             7.12
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             9.23
             .
          
           
             Reasons
             why
             God
             brought
             this
             maner
             of
             destruction
             vpon
             Sodom
             and
             Gomorrha
             .
             Reason
             .
             1.
             
          
           
             Reason
             .
             2.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             14.10
             .
          
           
             Leuit
             10.2
             .
          
           
             Luke
             16.24
             .
          
           
             Reason
             .
             3.
             
             Gen.
             19.13
             .
          
           
             Iob
             7.20
             .
             Ps
             .
             23.1
             .
             Ps
             .
             18.2
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             28.12
             .
             Hos
             .
             2.21
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Sam.
             16.3
             .
             2.
             
             Sam.
             29.16
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             1.16
             .
          
           
             The
             generality
             of
             Sodōs
             destruction
             .
          
           
             The
             largenesse
             of
             the
             countrey
             of
             Sodom
             .
             Gen.
             14.2
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             19.22
             .
          
           
             The
             excellency
             of
             the
             countrey
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Ezech.
             16.49
             .
          
           
             Doctrine
             .
             Nothing
             can
             priuiledge
             either
             place
             or
             person
             from
             Gods
             vengeance
             against
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             107.34
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             50.2
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             87.2
             .
             Ps
             .
             132.13.14
             .
          
           
             Man
             ,
             woman
             &
             child
             destroyed
             in
             Sodoms
             ouerthrow
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             82.7
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             22.24
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Kings
             .
             22.31
             .
             The
             greatest
             men
             doe
             oftentimes
             taste
             first
             of
             Gods
             iudgements
             .
             Dan.
             5.30
             .
          
           
             Childrē
             destroyed
             as
             wel
             as
             those
             of
             elder
             yeeres
             .
          
           
             Reason
             .
             1.
             
             Reasons
             why
             Infants
             were
             destroyed
             .
          
           
             Reason
             .
             3.
             
          
           
             Reason
             .
             4
             
          
           
             Doctrine
             .
             Parents
             ,
             euen
             in
             regard
             of
             their
             childrē
             ,
             ought
             to
             liue
             conscionably
             .
          
           
             Esay
             57.3
             .
          
           
             20.
             
          
           
             All
             liuing
             creatures
             destroyed
             in
             Sodoms
             ouerthrow
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             The
             cause
             of
             Sodoms
             destruction
             was
             sinne
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             18.20
             .
          
           
             Ezec.
             16.49
             .
             The
             sins
             of
             Sodom
             .
             Gen.
             19.5
             .
          
           
             Pride
             .
          
           
             A
             proud
             man
             cares
             not
             for
             God.
             Ps
             .
             10.4
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             10.4
             .
          
           
             A
             proud
             man
             is
             iniurious
             to
             all
             men
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             17
             20.
             
          
           
             Ps
             119.51.69
             .
          
           
             A
             proud
             man
             not
             capable
             of
             grace
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             36.11
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             16.18
             .
          
           
             Amos
             6.8
             .
          
           
             Iam.
             4.6
             .
          
           
             Zeph.
             2.10
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             50.31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             The
             second
             sinne
             of
             Sodom
             ,
             fulnes
             of
             bread
             .
          
           
             Gluttony
             ,
             the
             deuils
             baite
             .
          
           
             Amos.
             6.4.6
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Psal
             69.23
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             23.20
             .
          
           
             Ier.
             16.8
             .
          
           
             Hos
             .
             13.6
             .
          
           
             Eccle●
             .
             5.11
             .
          
           
             Meat
             &
             drinke
             to
             be
             taken
             like
             a
             medicine
             .
          
           
             Fiue
             cautions
             to
             be
             obserued
             in
             eating
             &
             drinking
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             11.6
             .
          
           
             Plutar.
             in
             Rom.
             Apoph
             .
             Caution
             3.
             
          
           
             4
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             2
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             25.30
             .
             Sine
             me
             haurire
             :
             Tr●mel
             .
          
           
             Esay
             22.13
             ,
             14.
             
          
           
             Fulnesse
             of
             bread
             most
             displeasing
             vnto
             Almightie
             God.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             22
             12.
             
          
           
             The
             third
             sin
             of
             Sodom
             was
             idlenesse
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             13.7
             Idle
             persons
             a
             burthen
             to
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             6.6
             .
             All
             creatures
             in
             heauen
             ,
             earth
             &
             hell
             ,
             painefull
             in
             their
             places
             ,
             but
             onely
             man.
             
          
           
             Iob.
             1.7
             .
             2.
             
             Pet.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             1.7
             .
             2.
             
             Pet.
             5.8
             .
          
           
             Idlenesse
             the
             sinke
             of
             all
             lawlesse
             temptations
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             24.
             
          
           
             Idle
             persons
             corrupt
             both
             in
             body
             &
             minde
             .
          
           
             This
             world
             no
             place
             of
             rest
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             30
             5.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Thess
             .
             3.10
             .
          
           
             A
             second
             kind
             of
             Idlenes
             which
             was
             in
             the
             Sodomits
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Thess
             .
             5.3
             .
          
           
             Matt.
             24.23
             ,
             24.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             5.11
             .
             1.
             
             Pet.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             28.14
             .
          
           
             Securitie
             a
             forerunner
             of
             destructiō
             .
          
           
             Iudg.
             4.21
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Sam.
             30.16
             ,
             17.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             24.48
             .
          
           
             The
             fourth
             sinne
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Iames.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             God
             the
             Gardian
             of
             the
             poore
             .
          
           
             Esay
             .
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Ps
             .
             12.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Though
             God
             beare
             with
             other
             sins
             ,
             yet
             he
             will
             not
             beare
             with
             the
             sinne
             of
             vnmercifulnes
             .
             Pro.
             22.23
             .
          
           
             The
             prayers
             of
             the
             vnmercifull
             ,
             are
             abominable
             .
          
           
             Pro.
             21.13
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             104.21
             .
             Psa
             .
             147.9
             .
             Hose●
             .
             2.21
             .
             Gen
             4.10
             .
          
           
             Amos.
             5.11
             .
          
           
             Iob.
             20.20
             .
          
           
             The
             sin
             of
             vnmercifulnesse
             prouoketh
             God
             to
             punish
             a
             whole
             land
             .
             Amos
             8.4
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             The
             vnmerciful
             shall
             haue
             the
             curse
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             wo
             euerlasting
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             sinne
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             7.8
             .
          
           
             A
             comparison
             between
             the
             sins
             of
             Sodō
             and
             the
             sinnes
             of
             England
             
          
           
             The
             pride
             of
             England
             equall
             to
             the
             pride
             of
             Sodō
             .
          
           
             Iudges
             .
             5.16
             .
          
           
             Fulnes
             of
             bread
             in
             England
             equall
             to
             that
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Amb.
             Epist
             .
             82.
             ad
             Eccle.
             ver
             .
          
           
             Suet.
             in
             vita
             Vitell.
             sect
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Idlenes
             of
             England
             equall
             to
             that
             of
             Sodom
             .
          
           
             Suet.
             in
             vita
             Clau.
             33.
             
          
           
             Wāt
             of
             mercy
             and
             charity
             in
             England
             without
             comparison
             .
          
           
             Pined
             .
             in
             Iob
             ,
             tom
             .
             2.
             in
             cap.
             31.
             
          
           
             Against
             Inclosers
             .
             Esa
             .
             5.8
             ,
             9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Tho.
             More
             ,
             Eutop
             .
             lib.
             1.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             13.11
             .
             and
             19.29
             .
          
           
             Against
             Engrossers
             .
             Amos
             8.5
             .
          
           
             C.
             de
             M●n
             .
             lib.
             Iube
             .
          
           
             Against
             vsury
             .
          
           
             Against
             the
             vnmerciful
             dealing
             of
             work
             masters
             .
          
           
             Sinnes
             of
             England
             ,
             crying
             sinnes
             .
          
           
             The
             sinnes
             of
             England
             at
             the
             ful
             height
             .
          
           
             The
             height
             and
             ripenesse
             of
             sinne
             ,
             prooued
             by
             foure
             arguments
             .
          
           
             More
             tokens
             of
             Gods
             wrath
             against
             vs
             within
             fewe
             yeeres
             ,
             then
             of
             long
             time
             before
             .
          
           
             There
             must
             be
             a
             turning
             vnto
             God
             on
             our
             parts
             ,
             before
             God
             will
             turn
             vnto
             vs.